Talk:Killing of Jesse Kirby and John Kirby
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Jengod in topic Statement worth preserving
 | This article was nominated for deletion on 20 September 2023. The result of the discussion was merge. |
| This page was proposed for deletion by Fram (talk · contribs) on 20 September 2023 with the comment: Fails WP:SUSTAINED. ... as reported at the time in the newspapers. If this hasn't received significant attention afterwards, it shouldn't be treated any differently than how [Wikipedia] treat[s] the many crimes or human interest stories which get some attention in the newspapers nowadays, but which [are not] consider[ed] suitable for an article here. ... the article offers no other indication that this is a case which has been discussed afterwards and is more than just a short burst of (mostly identical) news reports. |
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Statement worth preserving
editWhile most of the article is little more than a curious piece of news from 1834, I cannot find any mention of the fact elsewhere in Wikipedia that
- From statehood until 1856, it was illegal to import slaves into Georgia "except for personal use."[Laws 1]
I think that this is worth preserving, with its source, and mentioning in an article like the "History of slavery in Georgia". - Cameron Dewe (talk) 10:00, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Cameron_Dewe The restriction, albeit not the caveat abt personal use, is at Slave trade in the United States#Law :) cheers jengod (talk) 14:42, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Jengod: Interesting that the reference is just touched on in the United States article, but there is no mention of the laws governing slavery between statehood and the civil war in the article specifically about Georgia. Somewhere where I would have thought this sort of thing should be covered in more detail. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- The academic study of American slavery is not as well represented on enwiki as it should be, in part because a lot of the histories produced 1865–1955 have been thrown in the bin. (We're working on it!) Thanks again for reading and responding. jengod (talk) 13:48, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Jengod: Interesting that the reference is just touched on in the United States article, but there is no mention of the laws governing slavery between statehood and the civil war in the article specifically about Georgia. Somewhere where I would have thought this sort of thing should be covered in more detail. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Slave Laws of Georgia, 1755–1860" (PDF). georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.