Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor)
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The Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection is a renowned archival collection of abolitionist and anti-slavery materials, including pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts, preserved at Syracuse University.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11385576 — 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: Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor) Context triple: [Samuel Joseph May, hasPart, Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor)]
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American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century U.S. abolitionist organization that promoted the worldwide abolition of slavery through political and moral reform efforts.
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E. Azalia Hackley Collection
The E. Azalia Hackley Collection is a renowned archival collection documenting African American music, performing arts, and cultural history, housed at the Detroit Public Library.
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W. E. B. Du Bois Library
The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the main academic library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its distinctive high-rise design and extensive research collections.
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D.
Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
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E.
Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection
The Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection is an archival repository dedicated to preserving the scholarly legacy and materials associated with music theorist Oswald Jonas.
- 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: Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor) Target entity description: The Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection is a renowned archival collection of abolitionist and anti-slavery materials, including pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts, preserved at Syracuse University.
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A.
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century U.S. abolitionist organization that promoted the worldwide abolition of slavery through political and moral reform efforts.
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B.
E. Azalia Hackley Collection
The E. Azalia Hackley Collection is a renowned archival collection documenting African American music, performing arts, and cultural history, housed at the Detroit Public Library.
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C.
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the main academic library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its distinctive high-rise design and extensive research collections.
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D.
Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
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E.
Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection
The Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection is an archival repository dedicated to preserving the scholarly legacy and materials associated with music theorist Oswald Jonas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist collection
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anti-slavery collection ⓘ archival collection ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American studies
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American studies ⓘ history ⓘ political science ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | available to researchers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Samuel Joseph May ⓘ |
| collectsGenre |
anti-slavery newspapers
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anti-slavery pamphlets ⓘ anti-slavery sermons ⓘ anti-slavery speeches ⓘ anti-slavery tracts ⓘ organizational records ⓘ petitions ⓘ |
| collectsWorksOf |
abolitionist organizations
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individual abolitionists ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| digitalAvailability | partially digitized ⓘ |
| focusesOnMovement | American abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Northern states of the United States
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| hasFindingAid | online finding aid at Syracuse University Libraries website ⓘ |
| hasMaterialType |
books
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broadsides ⓘ correspondence ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ newspapers ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ printed ephemera ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Syracuse University
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Syracuse, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Syracuse
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| namedAfter | Samuel J. May ⓘ |
| repository |
Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University
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linked to:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries ⓘ
linked to:
Syracuse University
|
| subject |
African American history
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abolitionism ⓘ anti-slavery movement ⓘ human rights ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| timeCoverage |
19th century
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American Civil War era ⓘ antebellum period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
public exhibitions
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scholarly research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
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Subject: Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor) Description of subject: The Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection is a renowned archival collection of abolitionist and anti-slavery materials, including pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts, preserved at Syracuse University.
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