I was just reading about the shooting of Sonya Massey by the cops in America…i was thinking what an odd surname for an African American then i recalled the Massey’s of Tipperary were slave owners and it was very common for ex slaves to take on surname of their former owners. The main Massey family were big land holders in Limerick but a lesser cousin/ branch set up shop in Tipp.
The Masseys were paid big bucks by the tans when slavery was abolished in British held territories but I’m sure they had land and slaves in the states too.
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