Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of African-American abolitionists

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Owen× ☎ 01:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of African-American abolitionists

Surely a list of African-American abolitionists is functionally identical to a list of African-Americans alive at the time? A list of African-Americans not supporting abolitionism would be interesting, but I genuinely cannot see the point of this list. Am I missing something? Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] (W) AfD? 23:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination, unless one can prove all the others were far enough north not to care. Completely illogical list. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 23:20, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nomination. This is equal to having a List of Buffalo Bills fans who are Buffalo Bills fans.Gateman1997 23:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. This is a list of abolitionists who were active in the anti-slavery movement and is a useful list. Could do with a cleanup but notable. Capitalistroadster 01:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Capitalistroadster. African-Americans actually active in the Abolitionist movement are definitely notable due to the conditions of the time. -- JLaTondre 02:58, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Important historical list. -- JJay 03:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but add an introductory paragraph to state the qualifications for inclusion on this list. The criticism that nominated this page for deletion is a valid one. However, just as personal opposition to a war does not necessarily make an individual a leader of an antiwar movement, personal opposition to slavery does not necessarily make someone a notable abolitionist. Durova 05:07, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: what Durova said. There's a difference between sentiment and action. -Sean Curtin 07:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

• Why single out black abolitionists, though? I'd support a list of prominent abolitionists, and maybe even a note as to which of those were white or black, but as stated I cannot imagine any black person being anything other than an abolitionist. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 22:18, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Your question is complicated, but you can not make the statement that all blacks were abolitionists (there are many examples). Nevertheless, this list is historically important- See [1] or [2]. -- JJay 22:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep --Revolución (talk) 19:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

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