Why do niggas have irish names? Did black women gave their children the names of the white niggas that fucked them?

Was being a slave in antebellum America really that bad compared to being a modern wage slave?
>work outdoors in the clean unpolluted early 19th century country air
>guaranteed place to sleep, food
>after a hard days work relax under a shady tree with a juicy watermelon

Honestly compared to waking up at 5 AM to go work in a fast food "kitchen" it sounds like heaven