The Coming Slavery
E188029
"The Coming Slavery" is an essay by Herbert Spencer warning that expanding state control and social legislation would gradually erode individual liberty and lead to a form of modern servitude.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Coming Slavery canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1667659 — 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: The Coming Slavery Context triple: [The Man Versus the State, hasPart, The Coming Slavery]
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A.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
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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B.
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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C.
American Negro Slave Revolts
American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
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D.
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
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E.
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.
- 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: The Coming Slavery Target entity description: "The Coming Slavery" is an essay by Herbert Spencer warning that expanding state control and social legislation would gradually erode individual liberty and lead to a form of modern servitude.
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A.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
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.
-
B.
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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C.
American Negro Slave Revolts
American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
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D.
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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political essay ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
increased social legislation leads to loss of freedom
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state control over economic life undermines personal autonomy ⓘ well-intentioned reforms can produce coercive systems ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Herbert Spencer's later political thought ⓘ |
| author | Herbert Spencer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
compulsory state schemes
ⓘ
paternalistic government ⓘ state socialism ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-collectivist
ⓘ
anti-statist ⓘ pro–free market ⓘ |
| historicalContext | debates over social reform in Victorian Britain ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Herbert Spencer's essays ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century industrial capitalism
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classical liberal economic theory ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated lay readers
ⓘ
political thinkers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
collectivism
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individual liberty ⓘ liberalism ⓘ social legislation ⓘ socialism ⓘ state intervention ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
classical liberalism
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laissez-faire liberalism ⓘ |
| positionOnCollectivism | critical ⓘ |
| positionOnSocialism | critical ⓘ |
| positionOnStateIntervention | critical ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| supports |
individualism
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limited government ⓘ voluntary cooperation ⓘ |
| usedAs |
argument against welfare-state expansion
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reference in libertarian thought ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
dependence on the state
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erosion of individual liberty ⓘ expanding state control ⓘ growth of government power ⓘ modern servitude ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Coming Slavery Description of subject: "The Coming Slavery" is an essay by Herbert Spencer warning that expanding state control and social legislation would gradually erode individual liberty and lead to a form of modern servitude.
Referenced by (2)
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