Template:Did you know nominations/Abolition Riot of 1836

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 06:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Abolition Riot of 1836

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• ... that the two women rescued from slavery during the Abolition Riot of 1836 were never recaptured? Levy, Leonard W. (1952). "The 'Abolition Riot': Boston's First Slave Rescue". The New England Quarterly. 25 (1). JSTOR 363035. p. 89: "But the fugitives were never recaptured; nor were their rescuers ever brought to trial, because, most curiously, no one came forward to identify any of them." [1] (free access)
  • ALT1:... that two women captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 were rescued during the Abolition Riot of 1836?

• Reviewed: Zeynab Begum

Created by MopTop (talk). Self-nominated at 22:39, 18 March 2017 (UTC).

• @MopTop: New enough and long enough. No close paraphrasing evident, and Earwig says all OK. Perhaps clarify hook to show they escaped from the courtroom, so really, they were captured, got away, and then were never recaptured... Otherwise all OK. Simon Burchell (talk) 23:03, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

• @Simon Burchell:, I added ALT1. Any better? --MopTop (talk) 23:47, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

• Yes, that's fine - they probably both are fine, but the ALT1 is clearer. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 23:52, 18 March 2017 (UTC)