Template:RQ:Northup Twelve Years

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Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from Solomon Northup's work Twelve Years a Slave (1st edition, 1853). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1= or |chapter= – the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
  • |2= or |page=, or |pages=mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
    • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
  • |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
  • |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
  • |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, “some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell”) rather than an actual use of it (for example, “we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset”), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Northup Twelve Years|chapter=XIX|page=268|passage=I would say that Slavery was an '''iniquity''', and ought to be abolished. I would say there was no reason nor justice in the law, or the constitution that allows one man to hold another man in bondage.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Northup Twelve Years|XIX|268|I would say that Slavery was an '''iniquity''', and ought to be abolished. I would say there was no reason nor justice in the law, or the constitution that allows one man to hold another man in bondage.}}
  • Result:
  • Wikitext: {{RQ:Northup Twelve Years|chapter=XV|pages=212–213|pageref=213|passage=As soon as the syrup passes into the coolers, and is met by the air, it grains, and the molasses at once escapes through the sieves into a cistern below. It is then white or loaf sugar of the finest kind—clear, clean, and as white as snow. When cool, it is taken out, packed into '''hogsheads''', and is ready for market.}}
  • Result: