Epps plantation
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Epps plantation was a cotton plantation in Louisiana notorious as the site of brutal enslavement depicted in Solomon Northup’s memoir "Twelve Years a Slave."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epps plantation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9113697 — 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: Epps plantation Context triple: [Patsey, associatedWith, Epps plantation]
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A.
McCaslin plantation
McCaslin plantation is the fictional Southern estate in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County that serves as a central locus for exploring themes of race, inheritance, and history in his works.
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B.
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is a historic 17th-century Virginia plantation on the James River, renowned as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in North America and a well-preserved example of colonial architecture and plantation life.
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C.
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
Chinqua-Penn Plantation is a historic estate and former country home in Rockingham County, North Carolina, known for its distinctive architecture, landscaped grounds, and role as a regional cultural landmark.
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D.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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E.
Laura Plantation
Laura Plantation is a historic Creole sugarcane plantation and museum on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, known for its preserved 19th-century buildings and detailed interpretation of Creole and enslaved peoples' history.
- 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: Epps plantation Target entity description: Epps plantation was a cotton plantation in Louisiana notorious as the site of brutal enslavement depicted in Solomon Northup’s memoir "Twelve Years a Slave."
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A.
McCaslin plantation
McCaslin plantation is the fictional Southern estate in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County that serves as a central locus for exploring themes of race, inheritance, and history in his works.
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B.
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is a historic 17th-century Virginia plantation on the James River, renowned as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in North America and a well-preserved example of colonial architecture and plantation life.
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C.
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
Chinqua-Penn Plantation is a historic estate and former country home in Rockingham County, North Carolina, known for its distinctive architecture, landscaped grounds, and role as a regional cultural landmark.
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D.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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E.
Laura Plantation
Laura Plantation is a historic Creole sugarcane plantation and museum on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, known for its preserved 19th-century buildings and detailed interpretation of Creole and enslaved peoples' history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cotton plantation
ⓘ
plantation ⓘ site of slavery ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"Twelve Years a Slave" (memoir)
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book)
|
| associatedWith |
American slavery
ⓘ
Louisiana plantation economy ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| economicActivity | cotton production for export ⓘ |
| enslavedPerson |
Patsey
ⓘ
Solomon Northup ⓘ other unnamed enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| governedBy | slave codes of Louisiana ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | site of extreme cruelty ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
"Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book)
|
| laborSystem | chattel slavery ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
Bayou Boeuf region ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brutal treatment of enslaved people
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depiction in "Twelve Years a Slave" ⓘ enslavement of Solomon Northup ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
1840s
ⓘ
1850s ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Edwin Epps ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
discussions of "Twelve Years a Slave" film adaptation
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scholarly studies on slavery in Louisiana ⓘ |
| timePeriod | antebellum era ⓘ |
| usedFor | cotton cultivation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Epps plantation Description of subject: Epps plantation was a cotton plantation in Louisiana notorious as the site of brutal enslavement depicted in Solomon Northup’s memoir "Twelve Years a Slave."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mistress Epps (Mary Epps in memoir)