This could not be counted as Croix's official name; it could only be considered a method of address for the slaves to distinguish one person from another within the crowd.
Apart from this, there were also those who, because of their different beard colors, were called Grayson, Albus, and Fairfax.
There were also those who, because of their different hair colors, were called Rufus, Blackwell, Bruno, and so on.
In the world of slaves, a name did not carry the meaning of dignity; rather, it was merely a sign for identification.
Even for such haphazard ways of addressing one another, it was not the case that just anyone could possess one.
It was only the older people, because they had lived for a long time and there were people who needed to distinguish their identity but did not know how to address them, who would then be called based on their physical characteristics or habits.
