{"id":491,"date":"2022-09-17T19:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2023-01-18T23:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:05:56","slug":"hamilton-surname-in-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/hamilton-surname-in-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton As An African American Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 47,834 black Americans with Hamilton as their last name. That represented 24% of the total of 201,746 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article compares census numbers before and after the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Hamilton in the last three centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We end with a review of early records of black military service in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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