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Anvan 1773, yon kolon ki te fè yon pitit ak yon fi ki esklav te gen dwa bay pitit la pote non l depi li libere pitit la. Kolon yo te konsidere esklavaj kòm yon sitiyasyon yon moun eritye suivan si manman l te esklav ou non. An 1773, lwa a vin chanje epi depi yon moun te gen yon gout san Afriken, li pat gen dwa janm pote menm siyati ak yon Ewopeyen. Se konsa anpil non Ayisyen vin pa ka suiv regleman lang Franse lan jan non an eple. Pou respekte lalwa , Jilyen Remon, yon gran ekriven Ayisyen, moun Aken, vin pa ka kenbe non siyati papa l “Raymond” epi misye vin ekri siyati pa l kòm “Raimond”. Li konsève son an, men li sètoblije chanje òtograf la. Se konsa “Raimond” vin tounen yon nouvo siyati Ayisyen. Tap gen plis chanjman konsa toujou, si se pat Revolisyon Ayisyen an ki te vin pèmèt Eritye Ginen chwazi non yo vle, jan yo pi pito.
eng
Before 1773, the free children of colonists and enslaved mothers could bear the name of their fathers when freed. Slavery was matrimonial, a child was born free or enslaved depending on the status of his or her mother. In 1773, the law changed and mulattos and free blacks could no longer bear the name of a person of European descent alone. This led to the creation of many Haitian names with unorthodox French spellings. To comply with the new law, Julien Raimond, a famous Haitian writer from Aquin Haiti, changed the spelling of his father’s name from Raymond to Raimond, making Raimond a new Haitian surname. Such changes in spelling would have been even more widespread had it not been for the Haitian Revolution which allowed people of African descent to have whatever name they wanted.