Talk:Quock Walker

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Slavery in the United States

This article does not belong in Category:Slavery in the United States. It is in the sub-category. If we added other such article to Category:Slavery in the United States it would become cluttered and hence difficult to use as a navigational tool for readers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 12:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I was concerned that the wider implications of Walker's trial weren't covered by the American Slaves category. I removed the article from Slavery in the United States and added two sub-cats: Category:Abolitionism in the United States and Category:United States slavery case law. Joja lozzo 16:51, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The case law category is not needed either. There must be a strong correlation between the article and the category. Articles and lists are for linking a particular article to the rest of WP. Categories are used for clear cut situations. I will add it to American slave court cases. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:41, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Outside the legal component

Of course it's extremely interesting as a legal case, but I also see other aspects that give you a little goosebumps and I ask if you have any more information about them. It is said that Quock stayed with the brothers of the widow Caldwell. Did they dod this,

a) simply because it gave them an experienced worker

b) because they had known Quock since childhood and there was a warm understanding or

c) also out of the conviction that they are doing the right thing, be it legally or morally and humanly?

Le Duc de Deux-Ponts (talk) 12:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]