Slave Songs of the United States
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Slave Songs of the United States is an 1867 anthology that is widely regarded as the first major published collection of African American spirituals and folk songs from the slavery era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slave Songs of the United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22739265 — 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: Slave Songs of the United States Context triple: [Lucy McKim Garrison, notableWork, Slave Songs of the United States]
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A.
Slavery Days
"Slavery Days" is a classic roots reggae song by Burning Spear that reflects on the history and suffering of enslaved Africans while calling for remembrance and consciousness.
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B.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
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C.
Of the Sorrow Songs
"Of the Sorrow Songs" is the concluding chapter of W.E.B. Du Bois's seminal work that reflects on the spirituals of enslaved African Americans as profound expressions of their history, suffering, and hope.
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D.
Low Down Freedom
"Low Down Freedom" is a country song featured on Waylon Jennings' influential outlaw country album "Honky Tonk Heroes."
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E.
A Negro Woman
A Negro Woman is a minor, unnamed character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," serving as part of the New Orleans street life that frames the main action.
- 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: Slave Songs of the United States Target entity description: Slave Songs of the United States is an 1867 anthology that is widely regarded as the first major published collection of African American spirituals and folk songs from the slavery era.
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A.
Slavery Days
"Slavery Days" is a classic roots reggae song by Burning Spear that reflects on the history and suffering of enslaved Africans while calling for remembrance and consciousness.
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B.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
-
C.
Of the Sorrow Songs
"Of the Sorrow Songs" is the concluding chapter of W.E.B. Du Bois's seminal work that reflects on the spirituals of enslaved African Americans as profound expressions of their history, suffering, and hope.
-
D.
Low Down Freedom
"Low Down Freedom" is a country song featured on Waylon Jennings' influential outlaw country album "Honky Tonk Heroes."
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E.
A Negro Woman
A Negro Woman is a minor, unnamed character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," serving as part of the New Orleans street life that frames the main action.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.