Mary Prince
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Mary Prince was a formerly enslaved West Indian woman whose 1831 autobiography became a powerful firsthand account of slavery and a landmark text in the British abolitionist movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Prince canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6654408 — 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: Mary Prince Context triple: [British abolitionist movement, hasKeyFigure, Mary Prince]
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A.
Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
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B.
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.
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C.
Anna Moore
Anna Moore is the virtuous, long-suffering heroine of the silent film "Way Down East," whose trials and resilience drive the story’s emotional core.
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D.
Sister Douglass
Sister Douglass is a supporting character in James Baldwin’s play "The Amen Corner," representing the devout, tradition-bound members of a Harlem Pentecostal congregation.
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E.
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.
- 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: Mary Prince Target entity description: Mary Prince was a formerly enslaved West Indian woman whose 1831 autobiography became a powerful firsthand account of slavery and a landmark text in the British abolitionist movement.
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A.
Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
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B.
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.
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C.
Anna Moore
Anna Moore is the virtuous, long-suffering heroine of the silent film "Way Down East," whose trials and resilience drive the story’s emotional core.
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D.
Sister Douglass
Sister Douglass is a supporting character in James Baldwin’s play "The Amen Corner," representing the devout, tradition-bound members of a Harlem Pentecostal congregation.
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E.
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
ⓘ
autobiographer ⓘ autobiography ⓘ formerly enslaved person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Mary Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | British subject ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Thomas Pringle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | British West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key figure in Black British history
ⓘ
pioneer of Caribbean women’s life writing ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1788 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after 1833 ⓘ |
| editor | Thomas Pringle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Black ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | slave narrative ⓘ |
| hasGenre | slave narrative ⓘ |
| influenced |
Black British literature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later abolitionist literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
enslaved person in the British Caribbean
ⓘ
free woman in Britain ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | records of the Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ |
| movement | British abolitionist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
providing a firsthand account of slavery in the British Caribbean
ⓘ
publishing the first account of the life of a Black woman from the British West Indies to be published in Britain ⓘ |
| notableWork | The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
domestic servant
ⓘ
writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | United Kingdom (uncertain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1831 ⓘ |
| religion | Moravian Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Antigua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | first Black woman to publish a slave narrative in Britain ⓘ |
| spouse | Daniel James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testifiedBefore | British Parliament committees on slavery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Prince Description of subject: Mary Prince was a formerly enslaved West Indian woman whose 1831 autobiography became a powerful firsthand account of slavery and a landmark text in the British abolitionist movement.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself