Shadrach Minkins
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Shadrach Minkins was an African American fugitive slave whose 1851 arrest and dramatic rescue in Boston became a landmark event in the resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and the abolitionist movement in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shadrach Minkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11371485 — 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: Shadrach Minkins Context triple: [Shadrach Minkins case, hasMainSubject, Shadrach Minkins]
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A.
Moses Grandy
Moses Grandy was a formerly enslaved African American who became known for his powerful 19th-century narrative detailing his experiences in slavery and his eventual purchase of his own freedom.
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B.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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C.
Henry Wilberforce
Henry Wilberforce was a 19th-century English journalist and prominent Roman Catholic convert known for his religious writings and advocacy.
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D.
Octavius Robinson
Octavius Robinson is a character in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Man and Superman," serving as one of the young, romantic figures entangled in the play’s social and philosophical conflicts.
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E.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shadrach Minkins Target entity description: Shadrach Minkins was an African American fugitive slave whose 1851 arrest and dramatic rescue in Boston became a landmark event in the resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and the abolitionist movement in the United States.
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A.
Moses Grandy
Moses Grandy was a formerly enslaved African American who became known for his powerful 19th-century narrative detailing his experiences in slavery and his eventual purchase of his own freedom.
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B.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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C.
Henry Wilberforce
Henry Wilberforce was a 19th-century English journalist and prominent Roman Catholic convert known for his religious writings and advocacy.
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D.
Octavius Robinson
Octavius Robinson is a character in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Man and Superman," serving as one of the young, romantic figures entangled in the play’s social and philosophical conflicts.
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E.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist movement figure
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fugitive slave ⓘ person ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | U.S. marshals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestedUnder | Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAsylum | Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1851-02-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1814 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1875-12-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfEscape | May 1850 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1853 ⓘ |
| dateOfRescue | 1851-02-15 ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | John DeBree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| escapeRoute | Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| event |
arrest under the Fugitive Slave Act
ⓘ
escape from slavery in Virginia ⓘ legal proceedings in Boston following his rescue ⓘ rescue from custody by abolitionists ⓘ |
| familyName | Minkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledTo | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Shadrach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
galvanized abolitionist sentiment in Massachusetts
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intensified Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of Northern defiance to federal fugitive slave enforcement ⓘ |
| legalCase | United States v. Shadrach Minkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a fugitive slave rescued in Boston in 1851
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his case becoming a landmark in resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ inspiring abolitionist opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
barber
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waiter ⓘ |
| placeOfArrest | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfAsylum | Montreal, Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montreal, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Boston federal courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfEnslavement | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfEscapeDestination | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfRescue | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rescuedBy |
Black activists in Boston
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Boston abolitionists ⓘ members of the Boston Vigilance Committee ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Elizabeth Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportedTo |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Concord, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Underground Railroad safe houses ⓘ |
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Subject: Shadrach Minkins Description of subject: Shadrach Minkins was an African American fugitive slave whose 1851 arrest and dramatic rescue in Boston became a landmark event in the resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and the abolitionist movement in the United States.
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