Template:Did you know nominations/The Delectable Negro

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

The Delectable Negro

  • ... that The Delectable Negro describes how Nat Turner's body was turned into "medicinal" grease? Source: "Woodard carefully and compellingly links scenes of actual cannibalism—including the transformation of Nat Turner's body into “medicinal” grease (172)—to the starvation of slaves and to more metaphysical, parasitic relations that use the enslaved person’s body to fuel the construction of whiteness." –The American Historical Review
  • Reviewed: Berry Boswell Brooks
  • Comment: Request that this be held for August 21, when Nat Turner's rebellion began.

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self-nominated at 03:13, 12 August 2020 (UTC).

  • Reviewing this here. Comments below!
General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - Hook says medicinal grease, but citation says "medicinal" grease-- the distinction seems to be important.
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think a slight tweak to this hook will get this there. Great work here. Nomader (talk) 04:49, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Nomader: Thanks. Sorry this is so macabre. I've added quotation marks to mirror the source. gobonobo + c 17:48, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
No worries, thanks for making the change here. Approving this. Nomader (talk) 20:41, 14 August 2020 (UTC)