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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk15:51, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that James Nathan Calloway, born a slave in Tennessee, established an experimental cotton-growing farm in Togo? "an ex-slave who graduated from Fisk University" from: Ottley, Roi (20 July 1957). "Dr. Calloway Blazes Negro Medical Trail". Chicago Tribune: 19. and "he was in chage of the Tuskegee cotton-raising experimental station in German Togoland in 1900-1901" from: Shavit, David (1989). The United States in Africa – A Historical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-313-25887-2.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:28, 6 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I believe its preferable to use the term 'enslaved person' rather than 'slave' - see here for an outline of the discussion - perhaps the article and the hook could be altered bearing this in mind,or let me know if you think it's otherwise? ALT0 is my preference for a hook. It's a really interesting article - I hadn't heard of the scheme before! Lajmmoore (talk) 15:55, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lajmmoore, thanks for the review. I have never heard "enslaved person" used before; my preference is for "slave" as otherwise it reads awkwardly (to my British ears at least). I note our article on slavery uses "slave" throughout with only one mention of "enslaved person" when discussing the term directly - Dumelow (talk) 16:02, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Dumelow: - thanks for the reply. Why don't you alter "a slave" to "enslaved" in the hook as a compromise? Although I put a link to one US article, I believe there is widespread discussion on both sides of the Atlantic about the terminology and its meaning for black communities: the National Archives uses enslaved in its educational resources; as does the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. Thanks for pointing out the wiki article - it seems like the section on terminology could do with some expansion too. (Lajmmoore (talk) 09:16, 12 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]
Hi Lajmmoore, this is not my usual area of expertise. I am happy to leave the choice up to the admin promoting this to the main page - Dumelow (talk) 09:26, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, let's go for this then @Dumelow::
ALT0b ... that James Nathan Calloway, born enslaved in Tennessee, established an experimental cotton-growing farm in Togo? "an ex-slave who graduated from Fisk University" from: Ottley, Roi (20 July 1957). "Dr. Calloway Blazes Negro Medical Trail". Chicago Tribune: 19. and "he was in chage of the Tuskegee cotton-raising experimental station in German Togoland in 1900-1901" from: Shavit, David (1989). The United States in Africa – A Historical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-313-25887-2. (Lajmmoore (talk) 09:52, 12 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]
  • Born enslaved is not the usual terminology; it would be born in slavery. Yoninah (talk) 13:03, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're quite right!
ALT0c ... that James Nathan Calloway, born in slavery in Tennessee, established an experimental cotton-growing farm in Togo? "an ex-slave who graduated from Fisk University" from: Ottley, Roi (20 July 1957). "Dr. Calloway Blazes Negro Medical Trail". Chicago Tribune: 19. and "he was in chage of the Tuskegee cotton-raising experimental station in German Togoland in 1900-1901" from: Shavit, David (1989). The United States in Africa – A Historical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-313-25887-2. (Lajmmoore (talk) 15:41, 14 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]
Hi Yoninah. I wrote it as 1865 which is stated in Zimmerman (2012). Professor Reed you changed it to 1860 with this edit but didn't provide a source. I've changed it back to 1865 to reflect the sources cited, but if you have one that says 1860 please provide it so we can note it in the article. Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 15:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]