Lucy McKim Garrison
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Lucy McKim Garrison was an American musicologist and abolitionist best known as a co-editor of the influential 1867 collection "Slave Songs of the United States," one of the first published anthologies of African American spirituals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucy McKim Garrison canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3974942 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucy McKim Garrison Context triple: [Wendell Phillips Garrison, spouse, Lucy McKim Garrison]
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A.
Lucy Taliaferro
Lucy Taliaferro was a member of the prominent Virginia Carter–Lee family, connected to early American planter and political society.
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B.
Lucy Lillian Staples
Lucy Lillian Staples was the wife and close partner of Canadian social reformer and politician James Shaver Woodsworth, supporting his work in the social gospel and early labour and socialist movements.
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C.
Lucy Ann Shaler
Lucy Ann Shaler was the wife of American naval officer and War of 1812 hero Commodore Thomas Macdonough.
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D.
Helen Eliza Benson Garrison
Helen Eliza Benson Garrison was a 19th-century American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, best known as the wife and close collaborator of reformer William Lloyd Garrison.
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E.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucy McKim Garrison Target entity description: Lucy McKim Garrison was an American musicologist and abolitionist best known as a co-editor of the influential 1867 collection "Slave Songs of the United States," one of the first published anthologies of African American spirituals.
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A.
Lucy Taliaferro
Lucy Taliaferro was a member of the prominent Virginia Carter–Lee family, connected to early American planter and political society.
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B.
Lucy Lillian Staples
Lucy Lillian Staples was the wife and close partner of Canadian social reformer and politician James Shaver Woodsworth, supporting his work in the social gospel and early labour and socialist movements.
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C.
Lucy Ann Shaler
Lucy Ann Shaler was the wife of American naval officer and War of 1812 hero Commodore Thomas Macdonough.
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D.
Helen Eliza Benson Garrison
Helen Eliza Benson Garrison was a 19th-century American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, best known as the wife and close collaborator of reformer William Lloyd Garrison.
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E.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
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editor ⓘ human ⓘ music anthology ⓘ musicologist ⓘ song collection ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism | anti-slavery movement in the United States ⓘ |
| coEditorOf | Slave Songs of the United States ⓘ |
| contributedTo | documentation of African American spirituals ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
American musicologist and abolitionist
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co-editor of the influential 1867 collection "Slave Songs of the United States" ⓘ |
| familyName | McKim ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American spirituals
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ethnomusicology ⓘ musicology ⓘ |
| genre |
African American spirituals
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folk music ⓘ spirituals ⓘ |
| givenName | Lucy ⓘ |
| hasEditor | Lucy McKim Garrison ⓘ |
| influenced | later scholarship on African American music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | Lucy McKim Garrison ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-editing one of the first published anthologies of African American spirituals ⓘ |
| notableWork | Slave Songs of the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
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editor ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1867 ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfNotableWork | 1867 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucy McKim Garrison Description of subject: Lucy McKim Garrison was an American musicologist and abolitionist best known as a co-editor of the influential 1867 collection "Slave Songs of the United States," one of the first published anthologies of African American spirituals.
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