A fact from Samuel W. Ferguson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 October 2008, and was viewed approximately 4,006 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in 1894, US$20,000 to US$40,000 mysteriously disappeared from the Mississippi Levee Board, of which General Samuel W. Ferguson(pictured) was both secretary and treasurer?
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No mention of slave-owning. I feel that this category should be restricted to people whose slave-owning history was notable in itself. Valetude (talk) 19:27, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
