Sapphira and the Slave Girl
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Sapphira and the Slave Girl is a 1940 historical novel by Willa Cather that explores slavery, power, and moral conflict in antebellum Virginia through the story of a white mistress and the enslaved young woman she seeks to control.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sapphira and the Slave Girl canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sapphira and the Slave Girl Context triple: [Willa Cather, notableWork, Sapphira and the Slave Girl]
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The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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B.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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C.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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D.
The Grateful Servant
The Grateful Servant is a Caroline-era tragicomedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its intricate plot of loyalty, deception, and courtly intrigue.
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E.
La Princesse de Babylone
La Princesse de Babylone is a satirical philosophical tale by Voltaire that blends romance, fantasy, and social critique to explore themes of reason, tolerance, and the follies of civilization.
- 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: Sapphira and the Slave Girl Target entity description: Sapphira and the Slave Girl is a 1940 historical novel by Willa Cather that explores slavery, power, and moral conflict in antebellum Virginia through the story of a white mistress and the enslaved young woman she seeks to control.
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A.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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B.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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C.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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D.
The Grateful Servant
The Grateful Servant is a Caroline-era tragicomedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its intricate plot of loyalty, deception, and courtly intrigue.
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E.
La Princesse de Babylone
La Princesse de Babylone is a satirical philosophical tale by Voltaire that blends romance, fantasy, and social critique to explore themes of reason, tolerance, and the follies of civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
domestic slavery in the United States
ⓘ
master–slave relationships ⓘ |
| explores |
female agency under slavery
ⓘ
relationships between white slaveholders and enslaved people ⓘ religious and moral hypocrisy ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jeff
ⓘ
Martin Colbert ⓘ Till ⓘ |
| hasEnslavedCharacter | Nancy ⓘ |
| hasForm | print ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | slavery in the United States before the Civil War ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus | conscience and complicity in slavery ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
escape from slavery
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ plantation life in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Henry Colbert
ⓘ
Nancy ⓘ Rachel Colbert ⓘ Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral conflict
ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Rachel Colbert ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Willa Cather’s last novel ⓘ |
| partOf |
Willa Cather
ⓘ
surface form:
Willa Cather bibliography
|
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Virginia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | antebellum period ⓘ |
| structure | divided into five parts ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1850s ⓘ |
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Subject: Sapphira and the Slave Girl Description of subject: Sapphira and the Slave Girl is a 1940 historical novel by Willa Cather that explores slavery, power, and moral conflict in antebellum Virginia through the story of a white mistress and the enslaved young woman she seeks to control.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilella Cather