Template:Did you know nominations/Ladies' London Emancipation Society
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
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Ladies' London Emancipation Society edit
- ... that Clementia Taylor formed Britain's first national anti-slavery society for women because she could not join the existing organisation?
- ALT1:... have a go
- Reviewed: QPQ = Rik Vercoe
Created by Lirazelf (talk) and Victuallers (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 17:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC).
Review: No images to check. QPQ checks. Hook at 138 characters. I find the hook interesting. Hook cited in reference. Hook neutral. I would suggest changing "the" to "an" in the hook, as I'm certain other anti-slavery societies existed in London at the time, unless you can prove otherwise. Article long enough (1766 characters), new enough (July 15). No copyright violations from refs 1 or 7. Ref 7 does not support the statement: this latter piece highlighted the cruel treatment of black women by white slave owners. Ref 2 is a dead link. Does it work for you? If the society's based in London, how can it be "national"? Under that definition of "national", the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society might beat it to the point. First "British" may be better phrasing. Seattle (talk) 00:47, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review @Seattle:. I was tempted to change it to the London anti-slavery society as you may be right that there were others but I'm going from the source. Do all the ones you are certain about cover the whole of London? If you have a source then we can include that in the article. If you have changes to better phrasing then do feel free to make them. If I change it to "an" then do I not need to prove that there was not a female anti-slavery organisation in Paris? Ref 2 is not dead but it requires a subscription. It says "and in 1863 founded and became honorary secretary of the newly formed Ladies' London Emancipation Society, the first national female anti-slavery society." - this is a very reliable source. The society included leading activists from other cities (see article) so the claim seems credible. Ref 7 say "This helped highlight the brutal exploitation of Black women at the hands of white slave owners," I agree that it is close phrasing (I'll fix it) but it does say that. Thanks again Victuallers (talk) 08:44, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
