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Benjamin Jackson (sailor)

Jackson c. 1903

Benjamin Jackson (January 2, 1835 – August 20, 1915) was a Canadian sailor and farmer. Raised in a small community of Black Nova Scotians, Jackson served for one year in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Deployed in the Union blockade of the Confederate coastline, he also participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay as a gun captain. He disarmed multiple naval mines and once picked up a live grenade and threw it from the deck of his ship, an act that earned him a medal. After the war, Jackson lived the rest of his life in Lockhartville, Nova Scotia, sailing commercially until 1875 and farming for many years longer. His funeral in 1915 was described as "the largest seen in Lockhartville for many years", though his grave remained unmarked until 2010. One of the eight history markers on the Mathieu Da Costa African Heritage Trail is dedicated to his story and Ben Jackson Road in Hantsport, Nova Scotia, is named in his honour. (Full article...)

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Main editors: Dugan Murphy
Promoted: August 13, 2024
Reasons for nomination: Brand new FA; Canadians and pre-20th-century Black figures not often featured in TFA.
Support as nominator. Dugan Murphy (talk) 00:25, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This could be held until January 2, when it could be scheduled for Jackson's 190th birthday. WP:TFAP does not list an article for Jan 2. Z1720 (talk) 15:47, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's a fine idea. Dugan Murphy (talk) 22:19, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]