Template:Did you know nominations/Port of Spain Gazette

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:04, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Port of Spain Gazette

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... that the Port of Spain Gazette was known for its strongly pro-slavery position in the 1830s and it was said that it "spat its venom on anyone who spoke of the virtues of emancipation"? Source: "The Port of Spain Gazette which Hodgson calls "the vilest [journal] that ever disgraced the press of any country" (Truths p. 198), acted on behalf of the planters and generally spat its venom on anyone who spoke of the virtues of emancipation" (Cudjoe, Selwyn R. (2003). Beyond boundaries: the intellectual tradition of Trinidad and Tobago in the nineteenth century. Wellesley, Mass.: Calaloux Publications. ISBN 1-55849-318-2)

Reviewed: Boophis entingae

Moved to mainspace by Guettarda (talk). Self-nominated at 00:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Verified Hook with this snippet match. The link to 'emancipation' in the hook feels somewhat easter-eggy to me, but no big concerns either way. Nice work! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:41, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Eddie891. I was a bit worried about that. I'll remove the link. Guettarda (talk) 03:31, 10 March 2021 (UTC)