The Story of Phillis Wheatley
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The Story of Phillis Wheatley is a biographical work for young readers by Shirley Graham Du Bois that recounts the life and achievements of the enslaved African American poet Phillis Wheatley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Story of Phillis Wheatley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7181261 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Story of Phillis Wheatley Context triple: [Shirley Graham Du Bois, notableWork, The Story of Phillis Wheatley]
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A.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the 19th-century dictated autobiography of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, chronicling her life from enslavement to prominent reformer.
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B.
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America is a 19th-century slave narrative memoir in which Moses Grandy recounts his experiences of enslavement and eventual freedom, contributing to the abolitionist movement.
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C.
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and an enslaved woman whose 1773 volume of poetry made her a prominent literary figure in both colonial America and Britain.
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D.
Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is the third and most comprehensive autobiography of the famed abolitionist and orator, chronicling his life from enslavement through his later political and diplomatic career.
- 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: The Story of Phillis Wheatley Target entity description: The Story of Phillis Wheatley is a biographical work for young readers by Shirley Graham Du Bois that recounts the life and achievements of the enslaved African American poet Phillis Wheatley.
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A.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the 19th-century dictated autobiography of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, chronicling her life from enslavement to prominent reformer.
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B.
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America is a 19th-century slave narrative memoir in which Moses Grandy recounts his experiences of enslavement and eventual freedom, contributing to the abolitionist movement.
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C.
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and an enslaved woman whose 1773 volume of poetry made her a prominent literary figure in both colonial America and Britain.
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D.
Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is the third and most comprehensive autobiography of the famed abolitionist and orator, chronicling his life from enslavement through his later political and diplomatic career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical book
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children's book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
African American history
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Black women writers ⓘ early American poetry ⓘ enslaved African American poet Phillis Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Graham Du Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | slavery in colonial America ⓘ |
| educationalPurpose |
introduce children to Phillis Wheatley
NERFINISHED
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teach African American history ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
children's introductions to biography
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school curricula on Black history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
achievements of Phillis Wheatley as a poet
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life of Phillis Wheatley ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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biography ⓘ children's literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Shirley Graham Du Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubject | Phillis Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
American colonial era
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transatlantic slavery ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | young readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodCovered | 18th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Phillis Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose biography ⓘ |
| portrays |
Phillis Wheatley as a pioneering Black poet
NERFINISHED
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Phillis Wheatley's experiences as an enslaved person ⓘ Phillis Wheatley's journey from enslavement to literary recognition ⓘ Phillis Wheatley's literary accomplishments ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAgeGroup |
children
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young adolescents ⓘ |
| theme |
African American resilience
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importance of literacy ⓘ overcoming oppression through education and art ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ women in literature ⓘ |
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