Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-23 12:16:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 24B248CA37DCF10AB7E32A332609DDB1908089C80D93631C0F87E2D0D1E8B77F
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Original Note:
This list is supposedly of enslaved people who "developed ... trades from which they benefitted" but nearly all of these people were either never enslaved, or never held the jobs described on the list. Some examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Cobb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whipper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Washington_Lewis Here is a summary of the errors on the list: https://twitter.com/etotheipie/status/1682802744095113216
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