Nat Turner Bible
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The Nat Turner Bible is the personal Bible of Nat Turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, preserved as a powerful historical artifact of resistance and faith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nat Turner Bible canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559780 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nat Turner Bible Context triple: [National Museum of African American History and Culture, hasNotableObject, Nat Turner Bible]
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A.
Reverend Salvation
Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
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B.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
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C.
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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D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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E.
Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
- 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: Nat Turner Bible Target entity description: The Nat Turner Bible is the personal Bible of Nat Turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, preserved as a powerful historical artifact of resistance and faith.
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A.
Reverend Salvation
Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
-
B.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
-
E.
Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical artifact
ⓘ
personal Bible ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nat Turner ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| associatedWithEvent |
1831 slave rebellion in Virginia
ⓘ
Nat Turner’s Rebellion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
artifact of African American religious history
ⓘ
artifact of American slavery history ⓘ artifact of Black liberation theology ⓘ |
| genre | Christian Bible ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
personal devotional text
ⓘ
source of sermon texts ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
Antebellum South ⓘ
linked to:
Antebellum period
|
| hasInterpretation |
seen as evidence of the role of Christianity in slave resistance
ⓘ
viewed as a symbol of faith-driven insurrection ⓘ |
| hasMotivePower | used to inspire resistance among enslaved people ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Nat Turner ⓘ |
| hasProvenance | originated in the early 19th century American South ⓘ |
| hasStatus | preserved historical artifact ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
biblical interpretation
ⓘ
rebellion and resistance ⓘ religion and slavery ⓘ |
| hasType | printed book ⓘ |
| influenced | religious justification for Nat Turner’s rebellion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfUse | Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ |
| material |
leather
ⓘ
paper ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion
ⓘ
role as symbol of enslaved people’s spiritual life ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
African American religious traditions
ⓘ
Christian abolitionist thought ⓘ Nat Turner’s confessions ⓘ history of slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
museum and heritage exhibitions
ⓘ
scholarly discussions on religion and slave revolts ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Black resistance
ⓘ
faith ⓘ religious inspiration for resistance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Nat Turner for interpreting scripture
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Nat Turner for preaching ⓘ |
| usedIn |
religious study
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spiritual reflection ⓘ |
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