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A fact from Donum Montford appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that brickmason Donum Montford likely purchased his own freedom from slavery and became a prominent slave-owner?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Donum Montford.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 01:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that brickmason Donum Montford purchased his own freedom from slavery and became a prominent slave-owner?

Source: Bishir, Catherine W. (2009). "Montford, Donum (1771-1838)". North Carolina Architects & Builder https://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000102

Bishir, Catherine W. (2014). "Searching for Donum Montford: Methods and Mysteries in Researching an African American Artisan". Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. 21 (1): 126–150. doi:10.5749/buildland.21.1.0126. JSTOR 10.5749/buildland.21.1.0126. p. 143

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Les Purce

Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 97 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:03, 24 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new and long enough. No issues whatsoever with Earwig, article referencing looks solid, I don't have access to the journal articles which are used to source the hook but I'm prepared to AGF. Hook is definitely interesting. QPQ has been taken care of, so I think we are good to go. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Just a minor additional note (not going to hold up the nomination for this) - the comma in the hook should be removed. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:02, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oops, good catch. Fixed. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:09, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]