Henry Laurens
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Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Laurens canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91124 — 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: Henry Laurens Context triple: [Second Continental Congress, president, Henry Laurens]
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Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.
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Robert R. Livingston
Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
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Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis Du Pont was a 19th-century U.S. Navy rear admiral noted for his service in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars and for his influential role in modernizing the American naval fleet.
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D.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
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Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Henry Laurens Target entity description: Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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A.
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.
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B.
Robert R. Livingston
Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
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C.
Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis Du Pont was a 19th-century U.S. Navy rear admiral noted for his service in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars and for his influential role in modernizing the American naval fleet.
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D.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
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E.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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Revolutionary War leader ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ planter ⓘ slave trader ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| child |
John Laurens
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Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1724-03-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1792-12-08 ⓘ |
| employer | Henry Laurens & Company ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Laurens ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| heritage | British colonial American ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
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South Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ |
| name | Henry Laurens self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
American Revolutionary War
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capture by the British in 1780 ⓘ exchange for Lord Cornwallis ⓘ imprisonment in the Tower of London ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being held as a state prisoner in the Tower of London
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diplomatic mission to the Netherlands ⓘ leadership in the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| notableWork | negotiations for the Treaty of Alliance with the Netherlands ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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rice planter ⓘ slave trader ⓘ |
| owned | enslaved people ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American independence movement
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transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Charleston
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surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina
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| placeOfBurial | Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Continental Congress
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President of the South Carolina Council of Safety ⓘ U.S. envoy to the Dutch Republic ⓘ Vice President of South Carolina ⓘ delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Charleston
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surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina
Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Eleanor Ball Laurens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Henry Laurens Description of subject: Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Referenced by (18)
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