William Still
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William Still was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and historian who documented the stories of enslaved people seeking freedom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Still canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7997184 — 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: William Still Context triple: [Eden Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, William Still]
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David Bates Douglass
David Bates Douglass was a 19th-century American civil engineer and landscape designer known for his influential work on rural cemeteries and public grounds.
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Henry Chandlee Turner
Henry Chandlee Turner was an American builder and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the major construction firm Turner Construction Company.
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Frederick Douglass Jr.
Frederick Douglass Jr. was an African American printer, editor, and civil rights activist, and the son of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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D.
Henry Beard Delany
Henry Beard Delany was an influential African-American Episcopal bishop and educator who became one of the first Black bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Still Target entity description: William Still was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and historian who documented the stories of enslaved people seeking freedom.
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A.
David Bates Douglass
David Bates Douglass was a 19th-century American civil engineer and landscape designer known for his influential work on rural cemeteries and public grounds.
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B.
Henry Chandlee Turner
Henry Chandlee Turner was an American builder and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the major construction firm Turner Construction Company.
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C.
Frederick Douglass Jr.
Frederick Douglass Jr. was an African American printer, editor, and civil rights activist, and the son of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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D.
Henry Beard Delany
Henry Beard Delany was an influential African-American Episcopal bishop and educator who became one of the first Black bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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E.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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abolitionist ⓘ businessman ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ conductor on the Underground Railroad ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
civil rights for African Americans
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emancipation of enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1821-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Burlington County, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| burialPlace | Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathDate | 1902-07-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employer | Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| father | Levin Still Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Still’s coal business in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aiding hundreds of freedom seekers
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documenting the stories of enslaved people seeking freedom ⓘ work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mother | Charity Still NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Underground Railroad
NERFINISHED
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abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | William Still NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Underground Rail Road
NERFINISHED
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The Underground Railroad Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
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author ⓘ businessman ⓘ clerk ⓘ |
| parentOf | Caroline Still Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American abolitionist movement
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operations of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| position | chairman of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork | 1872 ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Kitturah Still
NERFINISHED
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Levin Still NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahala Still NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Still NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Letitia George Still NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: William Still Description of subject: William Still was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and historian who documented the stories of enslaved people seeking freedom.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.