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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:53, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Thomas Foxcroft (slave trader)

  • ... that Thomas Foxcroft sold 307 people for £9,858?
    Gomer Williams on page 605-606 says "In 1784, the Bloom, Robert Bostock, master, carried 307 slaves from the Windward Coast of Africa to the West Indies, on account of Messrs. Thomas Foxcroft & Co.," and "Sale of 307 slaves... £9858"
  • ALT1 ... that in 1784, Thomas Foxcroft sold 307 people for £9,858, which is equivalent to £1,214,933 in 2019 money?
    Source is the same as ALT0. For the money conversion I used WP inbuilt conversion. The code is reproduced as follows which can be checked when editing....equivalent to £1,523,381 in 2023

Created by Desertarun (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 September 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: AGF on the source. I prefer ALT0, but both are approved. Nice work, @Desertarun! theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (they/them) 01:51, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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