Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
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"Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" is an 1843 abolitionist speech by Henry Highland Garnet that urged enslaved African Americans to resist their bondage and fight for their freedom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Address to the Slaves of the United States of America canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11155063 — 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)
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Target entity: Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Context triple: [Henry Highland Garnet, notableWork, Address to the Slaves of the United States of America]
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A.
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans is an 1833 antislavery book that offered one of the first comprehensive, widely read arguments in the United States for the immediate abolition of slavery and full civil rights for African Americans.
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B.
The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated
The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated is a 1640s Leveller pamphlet arguing for popular sovereignty, legal equality, and protection of individual liberties against arbitrary government power.
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C.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
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D.
A New Birth of Freedom
A New Birth of Freedom was the unifying motto chosen to evoke Abraham Lincoln’s legacy and the promise of renewed national ideals during Barack Obama’s 2009 presidential inauguration.
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E.
Emancipation
Emancipation is a 1996 studio album by Prince (credited as The Artist) known for its ambitious three-disc format and themes of artistic freedom and personal liberation.
- 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: Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Target entity description: "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" is an 1843 abolitionist speech by Henry Highland Garnet that urged enslaved African Americans to resist their bondage and fight for their freedom.
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A.
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans is an 1833 antislavery book that offered one of the first comprehensive, widely read arguments in the United States for the immediate abolition of slavery and full civil rights for African Americans.
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B.
The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated
The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated is a 1640s Leveller pamphlet arguing for popular sovereignty, legal equality, and protection of individual liberties against arbitrary government power.
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C.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
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D.
A New Birth of Freedom
A New Birth of Freedom was the unifying motto chosen to evoke Abraham Lincoln’s legacy and the promise of renewed national ideals during Barack Obama’s 2009 presidential inauguration.
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E.
Emancipation
Emancipation is a 1996 studio album by Prince (credited as The Artist) known for its ambitious three-disc format and themes of artistic freedom and personal liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist speech
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historical document ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American abolitionism
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Black nationalism ⓘ Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
National Negro Convention
ⓘ
linked to:
National Negro Convention movement
|
| author | Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ |
| circulation |
distributed as a pamphlet
ⓘ
printed in abolitionist newspapers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| critiques |
American hypocrisy about liberty
ⓘ
colonization schemes ⓘ slaveholders ⓘ |
| date | 1843 ⓘ |
| form |
pamphlet
ⓘ
speech ⓘ |
| genre | abolitionist literature ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to debates over violent versus nonviolent resistance
ⓘ
influenced later Black radical thought ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | antebellum United States ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| invokes |
Biblical imagery
ⓘ
natural rights philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationFirstDelivered |
Buffalo, New York
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linked to:
Buffalo
|
| mainSubject |
African American freedom struggle
ⓘ
slave resistance ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial stance within abolitionist movement
ⓘ
direct address to enslaved people ⓘ radical call for slave resistance ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Frederick Douglass
ⓘ
some abolitionist leaders ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-slavery
ⓘ
pro-emancipation ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage enslaved people to fight for their freedom
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to urge enslaved people to resist slavery ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
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speeches of Frederick Douglass ⓘ
linked to:
oratory of Frederick Douglass
|
| religiousContext | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode |
direct exhortation
ⓘ
prophetic oratory ⓘ |
| theme |
divine justice against slavery
ⓘ
moral duty to resist oppression ⓘ self-liberation ⓘ |
| yearFirstDelivered | 1843 ⓘ |
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