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Subject: [AFR-MOROCCO] LEHRI surname
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:11:01 -0000

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Author: gigiSulano
Surnames: LEHRI
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I have an ancestor with the LEHRI surname from Morocco that was born around the turn of the 20th century. She was of mixed ethnic heritage, most likely Arab/Berber and sub-Saharan African, at the least. She was traded into slavery and later freed in Central Africa where she settled, married a W. African businessman, had 13 children and died.

I don't know if she was stolen from her family or forced into slavery by them. I also don't know how long she had been a slave before she arrived in Central Africa. From what I know, she returned to Morocco or tried to reconnect with anyone from there.

I hoping to finding information about her family - her parents, siblings and their descendants. I also would like to know more about this surname, the meaning of and from which dialect, region, tribe, or ethnic group it originated from. I also would like to learn about the migration/immigration patterns of those who inherited the name; and about the slave trade in Morocco between 1850-1920.

If you have any info, it would be greatly appreciated.

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