Solomon Northup
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Solomon Northup was a free African American man from New York who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and later authored the influential memoir "Twelve Years a Slave" recounting his ordeal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solomon Northup canonical | 16 |
| Northup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Solomon Northup Context triple: [12 Years a Slave, character, Solomon Northup]
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A.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
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B.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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C.
Douglass
Douglass is a surname and given name most famously associated with Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and orator.
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D.
Lewis Henry Douglass
Lewis Henry Douglass was the eldest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, known for his service as a Union soldier in the Civil War and his work as a typesetter and activist in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Solomon Northup Target entity description: Solomon Northup was a free African American man from New York who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and later authored the influential memoir "Twelve Years a Slave" recounting his ordeal.
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A.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
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B.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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C.
Douglass
Douglass is a surname and given name most famously associated with Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and orator.
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D.
Lewis Henry Douglass
Lewis Henry Douglass was the eldest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, known for his service as a Union soldier in the Civil War and his work as a typesetter and activist in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
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author ⓘ human ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Laura Plantation
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana plantations
U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
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| basedOnEvent | kidnapping of free African Americans into slavery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1807
ⓘ
1808 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after 1857 ⓘ |
| dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork | 1853 ⓘ |
| describedIn | American slave narratives ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| familyName |
Solomon Northup
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Northup
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| genre | slave narrative ⓘ |
| givenName | Solomon ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | 21st-century discussions of slavery and race in the United States ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person memoir ⓘ |
| hasParticularNotableEvent |
held in slavery for twelve years
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kidnapped into slavery in 1841 ⓘ regained freedom in 1853 ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century abolitionist literature
ⓘ
anti-slavery movement in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDisappearance | unknown circumstances ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | Solomon Northup self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
12 Years a Slave
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surface form:
Twelve Years a Slave
|
| notedFor | detailed first-person account of slavery by a formerly free Black man ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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farmer ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Minerva, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfEnslavement |
Louisiana
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| primaryThemeOfWork |
brutality of American chattel slavery
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loss and restoration of freedom ⓘ |
| publisherOfNotableWork | Derby & Miller ⓘ |
| residence | Saratoga Springs, New York ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Hampton Northup ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
12 Years a Slave
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surface form:
film Twelve Years a Slave
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| workLocation |
Louisiana
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New York ⓘ |
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Subject: Solomon Northup Description of subject: Solomon Northup was a free African American man from New York who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and later authored the influential memoir "Twelve Years a Slave" recounting his ordeal.
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