Harriet Scott
E201910
Harriet Scott was an enslaved African American woman who, alongside her husband Dred Scott, famously sued for their freedom in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that intensified national tensions over slavery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harriet Scott canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1596418 — 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: Harriet Scott Context triple: [Old Courthouse (St. Louis), associatedWith, Harriet Scott]
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A.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress known for her work on the London stage and as the mother of actor and playwright Charles Dibdin the younger.
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B.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress and the daughter of statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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C.
Harriet Burrow
Harriet Burrow was the mother of the influential British philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill.
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D.
Henrietta Gough
Henrietta Gough was the wife of English actor Michael Gough, known for his prolific work in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Harriet Hardy
Harriet Hardy, better known as Harriet Taylor Mill, was a 19th-century British philosopher and women’s rights advocate who significantly influenced the political and feminist thought of John Stuart Mill.
- 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: Harriet Scott Target entity description: Harriet Scott was an enslaved African American woman who, alongside her husband Dred Scott, famously sued for their freedom in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that intensified national tensions over slavery.
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A.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress known for her work on the London stage and as the mother of actor and playwright Charles Dibdin the younger.
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B.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress and the daughter of statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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C.
Harriet Burrow
Harriet Burrow was the mother of the influential British philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill.
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D.
Henrietta Gough
Henrietta Gough was the wife of English actor Michael Gough, known for his prolific work in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Harriet Hardy
Harriet Hardy, better known as Harriet Taylor Mill, was a 19th-century British philosopher and women’s rights advocate who significantly influenced the political and feminist thought of John Stuart Mill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
enslaved person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | various slaveholders in the United States ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| hasCause | lawsuit for freedom ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influenced the political climate before the American Civil War
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intensified national tensions over slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
United States constitutional history
ⓘ
civil rights jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | domestic worker ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Dred Scott ⓘ |
| hasRole | plaintiff in freedom suit ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Dred Scott ⓘ |
| legalStatus | enslaved ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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challenging the legality of slavery through the courts ⓘ |
| opposedBy | pro-slavery interests in the United States ⓘ |
| participantIn | Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ |
| partOf | Dred Scott freedom suits ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| residence |
Illinois
ⓘ
Minnesota Territory ⓘ Missouri ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford
ⓘ
filing of freedom suit with Dred Scott ⓘ |
| spouse | Dred Scott ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical studies of slavery in the United States
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scholarship on African American women’s history ⓘ works on the Dred Scott decision ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harriet Scott Description of subject: Harriet Scott was an enslaved African American woman who, alongside her husband Dred Scott, famously sued for their freedom in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that intensified national tensions over slavery.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Courthouse (St. Louis)
subject surface form:
Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)