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Still living people

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The lead of the article says that "As of February 2015 there are only 10 people (all female) still alive who were born in the 19th century.". It is important to remember that this is only the people who are verified to have been born then. So rather than "only 10 people" it is "at least 10 people". How about changing this to "Among the people whose ages are verified by the Gerontology Research Group, as of February 2015 there are only 10 people (all female) still alive who were born in the 19th century."?Andreaseksted (talk) 23:20, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since there has been no objections, I have gone ahead and made the proposed changesAndreaseksted (talk) 07:21, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Moved from the lead to another subsection of "people". I can see why this might belong in the article (although there are strong arguments against), but it should not be in the lead. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 10:09, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed this completely. It's just trivia. power~enwiki (π, ν) 05:36, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

English/Euro bias?

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I don't see a problematic amount of English/Euro bias. Once I add a few more sections (Meiji Restoration, Taiping Rebellion) I plan on removing the tag unless somebody objects. power~enwiki (π, ν) 06:44, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Famous and infamous personalities

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I've removed this section; I don't see any plausible page to merge this to (or any list to create with this info), I'm posting it here in case anybody wants to do something with it. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:24, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Modernist:. That's too much detail about one individual. Perhaps a short paragraph about the underground railroad in general could be added, but I's like to see it written before I could decide whether it might belong instead in 19th century in the United States. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:54, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gap9551:Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:57, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. It's not in History of the United States (1849–1865), a slightly different 2-sentence paragraph is in History of the United States (1789–1849). If we're going to include anything here, that paragraph seems a better choice. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:40, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • As I mentioned Tubman's contributions and the Underground railroad are well understood to be important and critical additions in the development of the USA; during the mid to late 19th century. The paragraph should stay; although I agree that information should be added regarding the underground railroad...Modernist (talk) 21:26, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of material about abolitionism in the United States should summarize this. At the detail level of this century summary we are probably looking at adding "During this period abolitionism in the United States grew in Northern states." to the third paragraph in that section. Many many people in abolition, not just Tubman. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 22:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Slavery

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@VIGNERON: There were plenty of places where slavery existed in the 20th century. —Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 01:43, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]