Talk:Francis T. Nicholls

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[edit] Slaveholder?

Nicholls was a lawyer and never owned slaves although his wife's family did.

Now that would actually be a very interesting distinction, especially for a politician. Do you have a source for that? If so, we should put it in the article. I'm the one who inserted text to the effect that he had owned slaves, based on...
Etheridge, Frank. "Derailing Plessy Park", Gambit Weekly, 2005-07-05. Retrieved on April 29, 2006.
... but Gambit Weekly is by no means the most irrefutable source. Cite away! By the way, you can sign your comments by typing "~~~~" which will automatically insert the time, the date, and your username or IP address. -- Muffuletta 18:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
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