Harriet Jacobs
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Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harriet Jacobs canonical | 16 |
| Linda Brent | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T24791 — 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: Harriet Jacobs Context triple: [Mount Auburn Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Harriet Jacobs]
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A.
Douglass
Douglass is a surname and given name most famously associated with Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and orator.
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B.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a 19th-century American author and abolitionist best known for her influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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C.
Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
- 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: Harriet Jacobs Target entity description: Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
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A.
Douglass
Douglass is a surname and given name most famously associated with Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and orator.
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B.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a 19th-century American author and abolitionist best known for her influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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C.
Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American writer
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abolitionist ⓘ formerly enslaved person ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | publication of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861 ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1813-02-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1897-03-07 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ |
| educatedAt | self-educated ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Jacobs ⓘ |
| genre |
abolitionist literature
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autobiography ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ slave narrative ⓘ |
| givenName | Harriet ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
African American literature
ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ slave narrative tradition ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | lecturer ⓘ |
| hasRole | relief worker for freedpeople during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| motherOf | Louisa Matilda Jacobs ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionism
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early Black feminism ⓘ women's rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting sexual exploitation of enslaved women in the United States
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writing one of the first book-length narratives by an enslaved African American woman ⓘ |
| notableWork | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
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writer ⓘ |
| partOf | American abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edenton, North Carolina
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linked to:
Edenton
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| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| pseudonym |
Linda Brent
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linked to:
Harriet Jacobs
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| residence |
Boston
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialRole |
activist for formerly enslaved people
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advocate for Black women ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harriet Jacobs Description of subject: Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Harriet Jacobs
linked to: Harriet Jacobs