Where can one go to find their true African name?

Question:

Where can one go to find their true African name?

The slaves were given their owners names, I am looking for a way to figure out what these peoples real name might have been before the owner got them and trace that back? I am looking for the proper or real name of the ancestors of the Kendrick slave descendants from Monticello Kentucky, can anyone help me with this? I am doing this for purposes of genealogy. Thanks ahead of time for all the answer that I will hopefully get. Has anyone else thought about this as an issue and what did you feel or do about it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Good luck with your quest.
I can't say for certain, but i doubt you'll have much success.
As far as i know, the africans that were brought to the US as slaves were treated little better than cattle when they were transported. It's unlikely their original african names were documented by anybody involved in the slave trade. So finding out what their names were is going to be a tough, if not impossible task.
DNA profiling may be able to provide some insight into which part of africa a person may have hailed from, but that's probably about as good as it gets.