Negro Life at the South
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"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Negro Life at the South canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Negro Life at the South Context triple: [Eastman Johnson, notableWork, Negro Life at the South]
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A.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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B.
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is Harriet Beecher Stowe’s nonfiction companion volume to her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, compiling documents and testimonies to defend the book’s portrayal of slavery as factually accurate.
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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.
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.
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E.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
"Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" is an 1856 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores resistance to slavery through the story of fugitive slaves living in the Great Dismal Swamp.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Negro Life at the South Target entity description: "Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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A.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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B.
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is Harriet Beecher Stowe’s nonfiction companion volume to her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, compiling documents and testimonies to defend the book’s portrayal of slavery as factually accurate.
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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.
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.
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E.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
"Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" is an 1856 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores resistance to slavery through the story of fugitive slaves living in the Great Dismal Swamp.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Old Kentucky Home ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
Antebellum period
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surface form:
antebellum United States
pre–American Civil War period ⓘ |
| colorUsage | contrasting light and shadow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Eastman Johnson ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
African American family life
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Washington, D.C. backyard ⓘ backyard scene ⓘ children playing ⓘ courtship ⓘ dilapidated slave quarters ⓘ domestic life ⓘ enslaved African Americans ⓘ everyday life of enslaved people ⓘ music and dance ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| depictsSocialClass | enslaved people ⓘ |
| depictsSocialIssue |
race relations in the United States
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slavery ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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social commentary art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
brick wall backdrop
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cat on rooftop ⓘ children in foreground ⓘ dilapidated wooden structures ⓘ group of African American figures ⓘ laundry hanging ⓘ musician with banjo ⓘ vegetation in yard ⓘ white woman observing from doorway ⓘ young couple courting ⓘ |
| inception | 1859 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfSetting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American life before the American Civil War
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slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
genre painting tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
complex view of slavery
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everyday resilience under oppression ⓘ racial and social boundaries ⓘ |
| significantFor |
nuanced representation of enslaved African Americans
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role in American art debates on slavery ⓘ visual commentary on slavery ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | eve of the American Civil War ⓘ |
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Subject: Negro Life at the South Description of subject: "Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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