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Alligator bait
Hi there. Im so sorry but Im going to revert your alligator bait changes again. What you are claiming happened would be an unspeakable atrocity. People would talk about it. Write it down. Avenge it. Those people would have names. Even in slavery times! There is evidence of disgusting racism and white folklore about blacks and alligators. But they thought they were being funny. I dug through every newspaper mention of alligator bait and many books and looked at scholarly papers. There is one guy claiming it was historical and he is addressed in the article. Everyone else who evaluated the idea found it to be a meme but not a historical occurrence. You might be interested in this blog post from the external links section. He's not a scholar but he examines every newspaper account that mentions alligator bait and investigates the writer and the newspaper etc. https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/04/live-human-alligator-bait-fact-or.html?m=1

In any case, please do not change the text of the article without providing a citation for verification. We cannot verify rumor or belief. jengod (talk) 16:13, 8 July 2023 (UTC)