Talk:Edward Rutledge

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I thought he was against reconciliation???

I heard from a bunch of books-on google that he was over zealous FOR seperation from England —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salveevery1 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 3 January 2009 (UTC) 02:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)~~[reply]

Hardly. Rutledge was cautious, and one of the last delegates to agree with declaring independence. He probably no longer favored reconciliation with Great Britain in 1776, but I don't think anyone would call him "over zealous" for separation. —Kevin Myers 07:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I always heard the opposite the he was always misportrayed in movies once you look in random books on google! Salveevery1 (talk) 21:57, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting Views

Since their are conflicting views on what Rutledge's real views on slavery were---I suggest we put both on the article please :) I think there is really no way of know unless we talked to him---which I think would have been awesome hahaha!! ;)

I'm trying to add a controversy box, since I know lots of people disagree on this, I can't seem to figure out how to add it though. If any of you know please do! :) This is not intended as vandalism, i'm just trying to make sure that all points are in here :) and I can't seem to get a box/tag on it :P Salveevery1 (talk) 00:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, there seems to be no controversy about his views on slavery. Remember, we can only add information to articles that comes from reliable sources, which in this case would be something written by a professional historian, not random web sites. —Kevin Myers 03:31, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I got one :)

Lives of the Signers of The Declaration of Independence by Charles A. Goodrich; I think the article focus's too much on the negative parts. I heard from many people he did release his slaves, but I think the whole issue shouldn't be emphasized as much as it is here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.66.72 (talk) 01:52, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

neg. tone??

Is it just me or does this article have a bad tone to Rutledge?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:Contributions

TONE????

I agree the tone here seems biased! can we please change it to make it neutral. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salveevery1 (talk • contribs) 15:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the bias section still up?

Please remove the negative tone in this article :)

ty :) (I used to have an account, but haven't used it in a long time)