A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Context triple: [Frederick Law Olmsted, wrote, A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States]
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A.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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B.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
"Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" is an 1856 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores resistance to slavery through the story of fugitive slaves living in the Great Dismal Swamp.
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D.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
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E.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an 1861 autobiographical slave narrative by Harriet Jacobs that exposes the sexual exploitation and brutal realities of slavery from a Black woman’s perspective.
- 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: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Target entity description: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
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A.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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B.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
"Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" is an 1856 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores resistance to slavery through the story of fugitive slaves living in the Great Dismal Swamp.
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D.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
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E.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an 1861 autobiographical slave narrative by Harriet Jacobs that exposes the sexual exploitation and brutal realities of slavery from a Black woman’s perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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social commentary ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| author | Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| basedOn | author's travels in the American South ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
agricultural practices in slave states
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conditions of enslaved people in the American South ⓘ daily life on plantations ⓘ economic structure of slavery ⓘ |
| followedBy |
A Journey Through Texas
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A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4 ⓘ
surface form:
A Journey in the Back Country
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| genre |
nonfiction
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political writing ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasDigitalVersion | available via public-domain online archives ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later historiography of American slavery ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 700 pages ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Northern U.S. observer ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Northern readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject |
Slavery—Southern States—Description and travel
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Southern States—Social conditions—19th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
plantation economy ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ social conditions in the antebellum South ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of the economic efficiency of slavery
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detailed empirical observations of slavery ⓘ influence on Northern public opinion about slavery ⓘ |
| partOf | Frederick Law Olmsted's series of Southern travel accounts ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalContext | debates over slavery in the 1850s United States ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1856 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dix, Edwards & Co. ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Alabama
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Georgia ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ seaboard slave states of the United States ⓘ |
| settingTime | antebellum period ⓘ |
| timeOfTravelDescribed | early 1850s ⓘ |
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Subject: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Description of subject: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4
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relatedWork
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
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