Talk:Joice Heth
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Age
editThe article under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum claims she was no more than 70 when she died - this one says she was less than 80 years. Which number is more credible - 70 or 80? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.75.155.248 (talk • contribs) 30 October 2006.
Edit for Joice Heth Biography
editThe following was posted to the Teahouse, but appears to be a more appropriate comment for this page. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:40, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Good Morning, Just to be clear, I think it is inaccurate to list Joice Heth's "occupation" as "slave". According to the Oxford Dictionaries a job is defined as: "a paid position of regular employment, a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid." I is common knowledge that enslaved persons in pre-Civil War were not paid for their work with their "masters". Of course some enslaved persons with special skills were leased out by their "masters" and at times paid a portion of the monetary gain from the leased work. But in this case it would be inaccurate to labed Joice Heth's occupation as a slave because the greater likihood is that she was not paid for her work as were the majority of enslaved people in America. Perhaps a better description of occupation would be: "unpaid enslaved woman".
Barbara Pitts Larkin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.45.92.112 (talk) 15:26, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- "Occupation" is not the same as "Job". "Occupation" is often used for non-paid positions (for example, you'll often see "student" or even "unemployed" listed as an option for "occupation" on forms), and the OED specifically clarifies that a "profession" is a "paid occupation", implying that there are unpaid occupations. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:44, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- "Occupation" is not the same as "Job". "Occupation" is often used for non-paid positions (for example, you'll often see "student" or even "unemployed" listed as an option for "occupation" on forms), and the OED specifically clarifies that a "profession" is a "paid occupation", implying that there are unpaid occupations. --Ahecht (TALK
Death location?
editThis article has a contradiction about where she died:
She died the next year in Bethel, Connecticut, at the home of Barnum's brother Philo.[1][6] Barnum stated that Joice's remains were "buried respectably" in his home town of Bethel, CT.[11]
Public autopsy Joice Heth died in New York City
So which is right? --zandperl (talk) 16:25, 24 August 2021 (UTC)