American Negro Slave Revolts
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American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Negro Slave Revolts canonical | 2 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Negro Slave Revolts Context triple: [Herbert Aptheker, notableWork, American Negro Slave Revolts]
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A.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
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B.
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
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C.
Negro Life at the South
"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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D.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- 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: American Negro Slave Revolts Target entity description: American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
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A.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
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B.
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
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C.
Negro Life at the South
"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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D.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American studies
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surface form:
African-American studies
history ⓘ slavery studies ⓘ |
| argument |
enslaved African Americans frequently resisted slavery
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slave revolts were widespread in the United States ⓘ the myth of the contented slave is false ⓘ |
| author | Herbert Aptheker ⓘ |
| contribution | systematic documentation of slave revolts in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic of African-American history
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seminal work on slave resistance ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
armed revolts by enslaved people
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collective resistance to slavery ⓘ slave conspiracies and plots ⓘ uprisings of enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American history
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historical study ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
paperback editions
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revised editions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case studies of specific slave revolts
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discussion of historiography of slave resistance ⓘ statistical analysis of slave resistance ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War II era publication ⓘ |
| influenced |
African-American historiography
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civil rights era interpretations of slavery ⓘ scholarship on slave resistance ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in slavery
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historians ⓘ students of African-American history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
history of American slavery
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resistance of enslaved African Americans ⓘ slave rebellions in the United States ⓘ |
| notableCaseStudy |
Denmark Vesey's conspiracy
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Gabriel Prosser's rebellion ⓘ Nat Turner's rebellion ⓘ Stono Rebellion ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publisher | International Publishers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ antebellum period ⓘ colonial era of the United States ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Herbert Aptheker