Margaret Garner
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Margaret Garner is an opera for which Toni Morrison wrote the libretto, dramatizing the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her child rather than see her returned to slavery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Garner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4372484 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Garner Context triple: [Toni Morrison bibliography, includesLibretto, Margaret Garner]
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A.
Nat Turner
Nat Turner was an enslaved African American preacher who led a significant slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.
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B.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
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C.
Baby Suggs
Baby Suggs is a formerly enslaved spiritual matriarch in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," known for preaching self-love and healing to her Black community.
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D.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Biddy Mason
Biddy Mason was a formerly enslaved African American woman who became a prominent nurse, landowner, and philanthropist in Los Angeles, known for her legal fight for freedom and significant contributions to the city’s early development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Garner Target entity description: Margaret Garner is an opera for which Toni Morrison wrote the libretto, dramatizing the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her child rather than see her returned to slavery.
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A.
Nat Turner
Nat Turner was an enslaved African American preacher who led a significant slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.
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B.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
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C.
Baby Suggs
Baby Suggs is a formerly enslaved spiritual matriarch in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," known for preaching self-love and healing to her Black community.
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D.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Biddy Mason
Biddy Mason was a formerly enslaved African American woman who became a prominent nurse, landowner, and philanthropist in Los Angeles, known for her legal fight for freedom and significant contributions to the city’s early development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 2 ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Margaret Garner (enslaved woman) ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Cincinnati Opera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michigan Opera Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera Company of Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Danielpour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cilla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOrganization | Michigan Opera Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettoBasedOn | historical court records of Margaret Garner case ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
Cincinnati Opera 2005 production
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ⓘ
Opera Company of Philadelphia 2006 production ⓘ |
| orchestration | full orchestra ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2005-05-07 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Detroit Opera House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | co-commission ⓘ |
| setting |
Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
American Civil War era
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ⓘ
escape from slavery ⓘ infanticide ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| theme |
freedom
ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ motherhood ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1850s ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
soloists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Garner Description of subject: Margaret Garner is an opera for which Toni Morrison wrote the libretto, dramatizing the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her child rather than see her returned to slavery.
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