Uncle Tom

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enslaved person fictional character literary character protagonist

Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Uncle Tom canonical	22
Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T394566 — 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: Uncle Tom
Context triple: [Uncle Tom's Cabin, mainCharacter, Uncle Tom]

A. Cora
Cora is the surname of Alex Cora, a former Major League Baseball infielder and current manager known for leading the Boston Red Sox.
B. Widow Douglas
Widow Douglas is a kind but strict guardian in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" who attempts to civilize Huck according to her religious and social values.
C. Aunt Polly
Aunt Polly is Tom Sawyer’s strict but loving aunt and guardian in Mark Twain’s classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
D. Harriet
Harriet is the given name of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the 19th-century American author best known for writing the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
E. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an 1852 anti-slavery novel that powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
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: Uncle Tom
Target entity description: Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.

A. Cora
Cora is the surname of Alex Cora, a former Major League Baseball infielder and current manager known for leading the Boston Red Sox.
B. Widow Douglas
Widow Douglas is a kind but strict guardian in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" who attempts to civilize Huck according to her religious and social values.
C. Aunt Polly
Aunt Polly is Tom Sawyer’s strict but loving aunt and guardian in Mark Twain’s classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
D. Harriet
Harriet is the given name of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the 19th-century American author best known for writing the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
E. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an 1852 anti-slavery novel that powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	enslaved person ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn	Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
associatedWith	19th-century American literature ⓘ American abolitionism ⓘ
causeOfDeath	beating ⓘ
characterTrait	forgiving ⓘ loyal ⓘ morally steadfast ⓘ patient ⓘ pious ⓘ
createdBy	Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
devotionTo	Bible ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
diesAt	Simon Legree's plantation ⓘ
firstAppearance	Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasChild	Mose ⓘ Pete ⓘ Polly ⓘ
influences	abolitionist sentiment in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryLegacy	origin of the term "Uncle Tom" in later cultural discourse ⓘ
marriedTo	Aunt Chloe ⓘ
narrativeRole	moral center of the novel ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ
nationality	American (enslaved African American) ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
occupation	coachman ⓘ field hand ⓘ
ownedBy	Arthur Shelby ⓘ
refusesTo	betray other enslaved people ⓘ whip fellow slaves ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
setting	Kentucky ⓘ Louisiana plantation ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ
soldTo	Augustine St. Clare ⓘ Mr. Haley ⓘ Simon Legree ⓘ
symbolizes	Christian forgiveness ⓘ moral resistance to oppression ⓘ suffering of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
themeInWork	Christian martyrdom ⓘ evil of slavery ⓘ moral power of nonviolence ⓘ
timePeriod	Antebellum United States ⓘ linked to: Antebellum period

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uncle Tom's Cabin → mainCharacter → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Augustine St. Clare → purchases → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Augustine St. Clare → relationshipWith → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → hasFriend → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → influencesCharacter → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → deathHasEffectOn → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → whips → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → ordersBeatingOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → kills → Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating) ⓘ

linked to: Uncle Tom

Simon Legree → purchases → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Aunt Chloe → spouse → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Pete → relative → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Pete → childOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Polly → hasParent → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Polly → father → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → employerOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → enslaves → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → sells → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Mr. Haley → contrastsWith → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Mose → hasParent → Uncle Tom ⓘ

The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven → depicts → Uncle Tom ⓘ

St. Clare family → owns → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Shelby plantation → hasResidentInFiction → Uncle Tom ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

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