Talk:Samuel Johnson (American educator)

Samuel Johnson Page Move Proposal
Samuel Johnson → Dr. Samuel Johnson' —(Discuss'') Since the Feb 2006 page move, 6 new entries have been added to the Samuel Johnson (disambiguation) page including Sam Houston Johnson, a Presidential sibling, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr., a Presidential father, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., a Presidential grandfather, Samuel Johnson (footballer), an active footballer, and Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr. the patriarch of the richest family in Wisconsin. The primacy of Dr. Samuel Johnson versus the remaining field of Samuel Johnsons should be reconsidered. This move would enable replacement of the dab page at Samuel JohnsonTonyTheTiger 06:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

"Colombia Unicersity"?
Unclear on how to access and edit the data field containing that typo, that appears under the article name in the search results for Samuel Johnson. Does fixing it require a namespace change? YarLucebith (talk) 23:00, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Notability
Like many wealthy white colonists of the period, he was also a slave owner and slave trader.
 * The very wording shows that this is not a notable statement. It has been tacked-on to the lede, obviously by a self-appointed diversity editor who does not understand that the lede is meant to summarise the article (where this statement is not represented.) Valetude (talk) 12:57, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. A separate section rather than a far overlong polemical footnote would better address the rather complex issue of Johnson and slavery with better citations than the one here. Johnson taught black members of his congregation in special classes for thirty years when they were ignored by rival churches, and befriended the Rev. Philip Queque, the first African to be ordained as a minister by the Church of England, sending him letters of encouragement. If a section on the subject is created, it should include not only his owning domestic slaves "like many of the period" but his unusual for the period desire to educate them both in Stratford and in Africa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrycroswell (talk • contribs) 22:45, 20 June 2021 (UTC) Re: categories. Johnson was a slave owner not a slave trader. He died in 1772 and was a British subject all his life.