Talk:Hilary Teage

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Hilary Teague was one of the key guys - arguably THE key guy - who clamored for Liberia's independence from the American Colonization Society and steered the country toward independence in the 1840s. He was also a member of the Liberian Senate (national legislature) and the country's first Secretary of State. Not to mention he was one of Liberia's earliest journalists and missionaries. You cannot talk about Liberian history - especially the history surrounding its independence - without Teague. On several fronts, he merits an entry on Wikipedia. Especially since there is also pre-existing entry for Lott Carey (who did a lot of work with Teague), as well as pre-existing entries for less-influential Liberian figures.Bookerrising (talk) 09:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Name

Going by my research, this should likely be Hilary Teage. The leading biographer appears to be Carl Patrick Burrowes and he always uses the Teage spelling.

Also, some sources for expansion if someone can locate these:

• Journal of Negro History; Winter 2001, Vol. 86 Issue 1, p30, 15p
• American Journalism 1999 16(3): 17-35 19p.
• Liberian Studies Journal 1980-1981 9(2): 51-60 10p.
• Liberian Studies Journal 1989 14(2): 64-89 26p.
• Liberian Studies Journal 1997 22(1): 78-82 5p.

I don't think they are available online, but maybe in an academic library. Aboutmovies (talk) 14:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:07, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

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( Article history links:

• Providence Baptist Church
• Hilary Teage

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Historic sanctuary of Providence Baptist Church

• ... that the author of Liberia's declaration of independence was also the pastor of the church where it was signed (pictured)?

• Source: "On July 25, 1847, the Liberian constitution was adopted, and the declaration of independence was proclaimed on July 26. The signing ceremonies were held in Providence Baptist Church." (Reeves) "As pastor of the Providence Baptist Church in Monrovia..." (Burrowes, p. 421) "As the author of Liberia's declaration of independence, Teage was called the 'Jefferson of Liberia'" (Burrowes, p. 419)

• • ALT1: ... that the author of Liberia's declaration of independence, modeled on the U.S. declaration, was also the pastor of the church where it was signed (pictured)? Source: Same as above, along with "Teage purposely modeled the Liberian Declaration of Independence on the American version" (Southard, p. 112)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry and Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Urja Suraksha
  • Comment: Submitted for the 4 July special set. ALT1 is offered if the reviewer/promoter wants the connection to the U.S. declaration more explicit.

Converted from a redirect by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 55 past nominations.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 04:18, 25 May 2026 (UTC).

• Will review in the next 24 hours; both QPQs are sound.--Launchballer 09:40, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, Earwig has no valid complaints (although does bellyache about one quote); no issues requiring maintenance templates. All facts in both hooks check out; suggest ALT1a: ... that Liberia's declaration of independence was based on America's and written by the pastor of the church where it was signed (pictured)?. Let's roll.--Launchballer 21:09, 25 May 2026 (UTC)