USBH New Profile Categorization Review

Question

I just finished a profile for a "Black Loyalist" named Tom Hide.  I have a list of a number of such characters which I intend to create profiles for over the next little while.  It may be worth my while to join the USBH project but for the moment I'm looking for anyone who can quickly review this and see if there are any recommended categories I missed.

Comments

Great profile. Sad story.

Would be great to add sources to each claim. Or, if all the details come from one source, say so. (I might say in a citation: "Unless otherwise cited, information on this profile comes from...")

Another upgrade would be to add links to the profiles of the people mentioned in the biography.

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Valuable comment.  All of the information in the bio came from the two sources at the bottom but if that's not particularly obvious perhaps I'll do some inline citations.  I have no doubt there is a little bit of artistic licence in connecting the fact based on historical context and likelihood but let's see if we can improve the citations a bit.  Stay tuned.

Answer 1

I added the USBH Heritage exchange category, which should alert the project to add any further categories. Thanks Matthew.

Answer 2

Hi Matthew, thanks for working on these profiles! USBH rarely uses the last name of Unknown, especially if you have a recorded last name. We don't think in the usual terms about LNAB since most slaves technically didn't have one, therefore they would stay "Unknown" forever. Therefore, whatever name they chose to go by is their LNAB. If Thomas was recorded as Thomas Hide, that should be his LNAB.

Comments

Wonderful, valuable information. I will update that.