Talk:Peg Leg Joe

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I am not a Wikipedian, but would strongly suggest this article just be removed. It's sole source is a review of a children's FICTION book. Peg-Leg Joe may or may not have existed. There is no evidence he ever crossed paths with Harriet Tubman. If Joe existed, he was working in the Mobile Alabama area. Tubman was active in the Maryland peninsula.

Suggest just eliminating the pate. Discoguy (talk) 04:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that he may not have existed is not a reason to remove the article. Also the article only started yesterday with one reference. Every article has to start somewhere. Polargeo (talk) 11:15, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He did exist. The name "Peg Leg Joe" was merely a nickname. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flxwu (talk • contribs) 14:12, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably a candidate for deletion. Peg leg Joe almost certainly didn't exist, and is likely a corruption of "Papa Legba", but there are lots of people who didn't exist who have pages. As it is I don't see reliable sources supporting this. At the very least the article needs a radical rewrite.Boynamedsue (talk) 08:22, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

peg leg Joe was real. His name wasn't peg leg Joe though, it was a nickname. This mans real name was Thomas Harper. He helped my great grandfather get to Canada using the underground railroad. He also didn't have a peg as a leg but rather a prosthetic leg. My great grandfather told my grandfather this story many times as a boy. This story is passed down in my family and now it has gotten to me. If it wasn't for that man my great grandfather would have likely never escaped and I wouldn't be alive. This was a very important man and therefore I don't think his article should be removed just because unnamed others with no evidence think he is not real. 209.195.252.70 (talk) 17:54, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]