Silas Phelps
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Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Silas Phelps | 0 | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
→
literary character → |
| appearsIn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → |
| appearsInChapterOf | later chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → |
| basedInPeriod | pre-Civil War American South → |
| characterTrait |
kindly
→
morally conflicted → |
| creator | Mark Twain → |
| employerOf |
Simon Legree
→
surface form:
Jim (temporarily, as a captured runaway slave)
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| familyName | Phelps → |
| firstAppearance | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → |
| gender | male → |
| genreContext | American realist novel → |
| hasRole | Tom Sawyer's uncle → |
| language | English → |
| literaryFunction |
comic character
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representation of Southern slaveholding morality → |
| moralConflictAbout | slavery → |
| nationality | American (Southern) → |
| occupation | farmer → |
| publisherWorkAppearsIn |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
→
surface form:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (first published 1884–1885)
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| relativeOf | Tom Sawyer → |
| residence | Arkansas → |
| setIn | fictional Phelps farm → |
| socialRole | slave owner → |
| spouse | Aunt Sally Phelps → |
| treatsAsProperty | Jim → |
| trusts |
Huckleberry Finn
→
surface form:
Huckleberry Finn (under Tom's guidance)
Tom Sawyer → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Uncle Silas Phelps
this entity surface form:
Uncle Silas Phelps