Talk:Thomas H. Branch

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A fact from Thomas H. Branch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Seventh-day Adventist Church replaced the African-American missionary Thomas H. Branch with a white man to appease the government of the British Central Africa Protectorate?

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The result was: promoted by Seven Pandas (talk) 22:17, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Seventh-day Adventist Church withdrew Thomas H. Branch as a missionary to the British Central Africa Protectorate to appease the colonial government? "because the Seventh-day Adventist Church wanted the mission to be viewed in a positive light by the colonial government and removal all doubts of loyalty, in 1907 the General Conference decided to send a white man, Joel C Rogers, to Nyasaland to take charge of the mission" from: Chaudhuri, Nupur; Strobel, Margaret (1992). Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-253-20705-0.
- ALT1:... that the government of British Central Africa Protectorate opposed the posting of missionary Thomas H. Branch to the territory because he was an African American? "the colonial government's unease with the presence of African Americans in the country, especially their regualr contact with indigenous peoples" from: Kalinga, Owen J. M. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Malawi. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8108-5961-6. "At Chinde, East Africa, situated at the mouth of the Zambezi River, we were detained nine days by the British consul, because we were educated Afro-American missionaries" from: Williams, DeWitt (2016). Precious Memories of Missionaries of Color (Vol 2). TEACH Services, Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4796-0430-2.
- ALT2:... that the Seventh-day Adventist Church replaced the African American missionary Thomas H. Branch with a white man to appease the government of the British Central Africa Protectorate? "because the Seventh-day Adventist Church wanted the mission to be viewed in a positive light by the colonial government and removal all doubts of loyalty, in 1907 the General Conference decided to send a white man, Joel C Rogers, to Nyasaland to take charge of the mission" from: Chaudhuri, Nupur; Strobel, Margaret (1992). Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-253-20705-0.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:35, 15 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I prefer ALT1 and ALT2. A QPQ has been done. @Dumelow: Please check the article carefully because in two places, I think you refer to "Booth" where you mean "Branch", and there might be others. Who is the "Dr James Hyatt Branch" who suddenly appears near the end? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Cwmhiraeth, well spotted. I've fixed those two plus one in the lead, what a nightmare! With the other error it should have been "Dr James Hyatt" who lectured with the Branchs, I've clarified this. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 06:41, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. That looks better! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:05, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Orphan

This seems to be an orphan, and I'm wondering what it could be linked from. He doesn't seem to have done very much, apart from not being liked by the British. Is being the first African American to enter colonial Malawi (which is a fact we don't have a source for) notable? Would he feature in an article on the Seven Day Adventists, or is he too marginal? 90.252.190.223 (talk) 21:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]