Zachary Macaulay
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Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zachary Macaulay canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3178932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Zachary Macaulay Context triple: [Clapham Sect, hasMember, Zachary Macaulay]
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William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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Archibald Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including Scottish nobles and politicians active in the 17th to 19th centuries.
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D.
Charles Ramsay
Charles Ramsay is known primarily as the son of British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the World War II naval commander who helped orchestrate the Dunkirk evacuation and the Normandy landings.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Zachary Macaulay Target entity description: Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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C.
Archibald Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including Scottish nobles and politicians active in the 17th to 19th centuries.
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D.
Charles Ramsay
Charles Ramsay is known primarily as the son of British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the World War II naval commander who helped orchestrate the Dunkirk evacuation and the Normandy landings.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ evangelical social reformer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
abolition of slavery in the British Empire
ⓘ
rights of freed Africans in Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| child | Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | self-educated ⓘ |
| employer |
African Institution
ⓘ
Evangelical Magazine ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Observer
Sierra Leone Company ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Macaulay ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anti-slavery activism
ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Zachary ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Colin Macaulay
ⓘ
Margaret Campbell Macaulay ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigning against the transatlantic slave trade
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governorship of Sierra Leone ⓘ leadership in the Clapham Sect ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Clapham Sect ⓘ |
| movement |
Clapham Sect
ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ evangelicalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to the African Institution
ⓘ
editing the Christian Observer ⓘ statistical research on the slave trade ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ editor ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Inveraray ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| politicalAlignment |
Whiggism
ⓘ
surface form:
British Whig tradition
|
| positionHeld | Governor of Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglican evangelicalism
ⓘ
surface form:
Evangelical Anglicanism
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Selina Mills ⓘ |
| workedOn |
British abolition of the slave trade
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collection of data on slave-trading practices ⓘ improvement of conditions for freed slaves in Sierra Leone ⓘ |
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Subject: Zachary Macaulay Description of subject: Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Referenced by (5)
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