Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel May Williams
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:17, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
| DYK toolbox |
|---|
Samuel May Williams
sketch of Samuel May Williams
- ... that Samuel May Williams (pictured) escaped from a San Antonio prison on horseback? Source: "...taking advantage of the soldier's distraction, he made his escape on Navarro's horse" Henson, Margaret Swett (1976). Samuel May Williams: Early Texas Entrepreneur page 74.
- ALT1:... that Samuel May Williams (pictured) borrowed against his brother's credit to obtain the 125-ton schooner Invincible on behalf of the Texian rebels? Source: Cartwright, Gary (1991). Galveston: A History of the Island pp. 63-64
- ALT2:... that Samuel May Williams (pictured) promoted a bill to emancipate Cary McKinney, one of two enslaved persons emancipated in recognition to service to the Republic of Texas? Source: "One special interest bill supported by Williams was the petition for his freedom delivered in person by McKinney's slave Cary, who had served as an express rider during the Texas Revolution." "Only Cary McKinney and one other slave, Peter Martin, were emancipated by the congress because of their service to the Republic." Henson, Margaret Swett (1976). Samuel May Williams: Early Texas Entrepreneur page 108.
- Reviewed: HKmap.live
Improved to Good Article status by Oldsanfelipe (talk) and 78.26 (talk). Nominated by 78.26 (talk) at 15:32, 11 October 2019 (UTC).
The article was promoted to GA yesterday, so it is new enough (and long enough). The article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems, after checking in the copyvio detector (it shows matches, but they are all on terms like United States of America or Republic of Texas). The hook is cited, with a offline book being accepted in good faith. QPQ is done. Of the hooks, ALT1 seems the most interesting to me, so I am approving that. As for the image, the image is in the public domain, used in the article, and clear at 100px. ALT1 is good to go. Taewangkorea (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
