Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Social DeathSourcesWikipedia: Social DeathEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Social Death." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-social-death.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Social Death. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-social-deathCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-social-death, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Social Death}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-social-death}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on social death, covering Orlando Patterson's thesis and its named scholarly critics.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_deathSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3SourcesWikipedia: Social Deathtier 3WikipediaView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested11Open QuestionsDoes Orlando Patterson's social death thesis, that slavery is defined by an enslaved person's severance from kinship rights and genealogical continuity, accurately capture the lived condition of enslaved people, or did enslaved communities retain meaningful social and kinship ties that the thesis unSourcesWikipedia: Social DeathConnected1Open QuestionsDoes Orlando Patterson's social death thesis, that slavery is defined by an enslaved person's severance from kinship rights and genealogical continuity, accurately capture the lived condition of enslaved people, or did enslaved communities retain meaningful social and kinship ties that the thesis unGeneral References1Open QuestionsDoes Orlando Patterson's social death thesis, that slavery is defined by an enslaved person's severance from kinship rights and genealogical continuity, accurately capture the lived condition of enslaved people, or did enslaved communities retain meaningful social and kinship ties that the thesis unComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year