Kim0290

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Go here. Uncheck the box that says "Sign my name exactly as shown." That should fix your signature problem. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 05:37, 26 April 2010 (UTC) Thank you ..... --Kimmy (talk) 06:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Kimmy. I guessed you were young, but didn't want to say in case I was wrong. WP is a good way to learn about the reliability of sources though. Things like Holocaust denial and revisionism about race history are often written in ways that make the authors sound very knowledgeable, which is why some people (unfortunately) believe them. In fact, the authors often are knowledgeable, they are just not always very honest.

Wikipedia talk pages are not usually supposed to be about helping people with their schoolwork, but if you tell me the title of your assignment, I could suggest what WP articles you should look at to help you. --FormerIP (talk) 20:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi again. Slavery is one of those issues where WP articles often have edit wars and people often try to insert material that not everyone would agree with. So you should be wary of taking things at face value. Ideally, I would suggest, if you can, going to the library and getting a book on the topic. Ask the librarian - they are usually really helpful with students. If you do this, you will get some advice which will help avoid the problem of picking up a book which may not be the best one. Then use WP only to fill in the details.

Here is what looks like a really good book on the subject which takes into account the "socio-economic issues" your teacher is after: [1]

I'm not an expert on slavery, but here are some ideas that might help...

1) Your teacher wants something about the British involvement. I know that Britain made the slave trade happen, but also never allowed slavery in its own country because they considered it immoral. This may be an example of doublethink and hypocrisy. A really interesting British historical figure is Olaudah Equiano - that article looks reliable and not biased, by the way. Some people think he made some of his story up, but his role in ending the slave trade is really important.

2) In terms of treatment of slaves, Slavery_in_the_United_States#Treatment looks reliable to me, so you can look at that and also the sources it uses.

3) In terms of who owned slaves, Slavery_in_the_United_States#Distribution_of_slaveholders looks reliable, although it does not contain much information.

4) In terms of being outside the box, one thing you could look into might be Slavery_in_the_United_States#Modern_slavery - abolishing slavery may not have stopped it from happening, even in modern times. I don't know much about this topic, but it seems interesting.

Hope that helps. --FormerIP (talk) 22:57, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you ----I got an ---------A - - -- -- although my teacher put a note on my paper and Asked should " Chomsky " be in the same boat -his books all appear in Nazi and KKK book list and on their websites ,Noam Chomsky Website also end up on 911 truhters websites --Kimmy (talk) 13:01, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to Talk:Slavery in the United States, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 22:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about. I will go to the tree and get a switch - Also did you check out what we found out on the RS message boards ? ?  :( --Kimmy (talk) 07:04, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

William Ellison

Hi, I found a couple more sources for William Ellison and added them to the article. If you can find them in your library you can get a lot more info on him. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 18:32, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much - --