Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sojourner Truth canonical | 11 |
| Isabella Baumfree | 1 |
| Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1439479 — 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.
Target entity: Sojourner Truth Context triple: [women's suffrage movement, hasKeyFigure, Sojourner Truth]
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Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
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Baby Suggs
Baby Suggs is a formerly enslaved spiritual matriarch in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," known for preaching self-love and healing to her Black community.
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C.
Anna Murray Douglass
Anna Murray Douglass was an African American abolitionist and the first wife of Frederick Douglass, who played a crucial role in his escape from slavery and supported his activism throughout their marriage.
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D.
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and an enslaved woman whose 1773 volume of poetry made her a prominent literary figure in both colonial America and Britain.
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E.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sojourner Truth Target entity description: Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.
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A.
Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.
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B.
Baby Suggs
Baby Suggs is a formerly enslaved spiritual matriarch in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," known for preaching self-love and healing to her Black community.
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C.
Anna Murray Douglass
Anna Murray Douglass was an African American abolitionist and the first wife of Frederick Douglass, who played a crucial role in his escape from slavery and supported his activism throughout their marriage.
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D.
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and an enslaved woman whose 1773 volume of poetry made her a prominent literary figure in both colonial America and Britain.
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E.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ public speaker ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
abolition of slavery
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prison reform ⓘ property rights for women ⓘ racial equality ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Isabella Van Wagenen ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frederick Douglass
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Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ women's rights leaders in the 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| autobiographyPublished | 1850 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Sojourner Truth
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Isabella Baumfree
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| causeOfDeath | old age ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Sojourner Truth Memorial in Florence, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | U.S. postage stamp ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1797 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1883-11-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1851 ⓘ |
| enslaved | yes ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| event | delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech ⓘ |
| freedFromSlavery | 1826 ⓘ |
| gaveSpeechAt | Ohio Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAutobiography | Narrative of Sojourner Truth ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
National Women’s Hall of Fame
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surface form:
National Women's Hall of Fame
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of intersectional struggle for racial and gender equality ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtBirth | enslaved person ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionism
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first-wave feminism ⓘ women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| notableAction | successfully sued for the return of her son from slavery ⓘ |
| notableFirst | first Black woman to win a court case against a white man in the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism
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surface form:
“Ain’t I a Woman?” speech
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| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
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author ⓘ orator ⓘ women's rights advocate ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Town of Rochester, New York
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surface form:
Kingston, New York area
Swartekill, Ulster County, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Battle Creek
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surface form:
Battle Creek, Michigan
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Battle Creek
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surface form:
Battle Creek, Michigan
Massachusetts ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
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| spouse | Thomas (enslaved husband) ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Sojourner Truth bust in the U.S. Capitol ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Northern abolitionists ⓘ |
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Subject: Sojourner Truth Description of subject: Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.
Referenced by (13)
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