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:::* [[File:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]] Yes, it's alright now. Good to go! [[User:Surtsicna|Surtsicna]] ([[User talk:Surtsicna|talk]]) 20:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 
:::* [[File:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]] Yes, it's alright now. Good to go! [[User:Surtsicna|Surtsicna]] ([[User talk:Surtsicna|talk]]) 20:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 
::::*I can't believe [http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Gordon_(slave) 5,445 people] viewed this article in one day! [[User:Scewing|Scewing]] ([[User talk:Scewing|talk]]) 02:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 
::::*I can't believe [http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Gordon_(slave) 5,445 people] viewed this article in one day! [[User:Scewing|Scewing]] ([[User talk:Scewing|talk]]) 02:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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:::::*Neither can I, but only because I didn't know there were so many people monitoring DYK. You can expect thousands more the day it's featured! I'd like to suggest replacing the informal "photo" with "photograph", though; I didn't notice that before. [[User:Surtsicna|Surtsicna]] ([[User talk:Surtsicna|talk]]) 08:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 
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Gordon (slave)

Civil War CDV of Gordon at the Baton Rouge Union camp during his medical examination, 1863.

  • ... that a photo showing the scourged back of a Louisiana slave named Gordon (pictured) became one of the leading abolitionist images?

Created by Scewing (talk). Self nominated at 19:09, 26 August 2013 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg I'm afraid the article is not long enough. It needs c. 400 more characters. I've taken the liberty of slightly amending the hook to conform with DYK rules. Surtsicna (talk) 22:04, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
  • A few more lines have been added. Is it long enough now? Scewing (talk) 19:17, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Symbol voting keep.svg Yes, it's alright now. Good to go! Surtsicna (talk) 20:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Neither can I, but only because I didn't know there were so many people monitoring DYK. You can expect thousands more the day it's featured! I'd like to suggest replacing the informal "photo" with "photograph", though; I didn't notice that before. Surtsicna (talk) 08:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)