Osborne Perry Anderson
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Osborne Perry Anderson was an African American abolitionist, printer, and the only Black survivor of John Brown’s 1859 Harpers Ferry raid, later authoring a key firsthand account of the event.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Osborne Perry Anderson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2474297 — 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: Osborne Perry Anderson Context triple: [John Brown’s raid of 1859, notableParticipant, Osborne Perry Anderson]
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A.
Joseph Reid Anderson
Joseph Reid Anderson was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and Confederate general who led one of the South’s most important iron manufacturing enterprises during the Civil War.
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B.
William Osborne
William Osborne is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1992 action-comedy film "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot."
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C.
Herbert L. Anderson
Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
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D.
Stephen S. Oswald
Stephen S. Oswald is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
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E.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
- 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: Osborne Perry Anderson Target entity description: Osborne Perry Anderson was an African American abolitionist, printer, and the only Black survivor of John Brown’s 1859 Harpers Ferry raid, later authoring a key firsthand account of the event.
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A.
Joseph Reid Anderson
Joseph Reid Anderson was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and Confederate general who led one of the South’s most important iron manufacturing enterprises during the Civil War.
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B.
William Osborne
William Osborne is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1992 action-comedy film "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot."
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C.
Herbert L. Anderson
Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
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D.
Stephen S. Oswald
Stephen S. Oswald is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
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E.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ printer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Brown’s raid of 1859
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpers Ferry raid
John Brown ⓘ abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ |
| authorOf | A Voice from Harper's Ferry ⓘ |
| cause | abolition of slavery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Anderson ⓘ |
| genre |
historical non-fiction
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Osborne ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chronicler of Harpers Ferry raid
ⓘ
eyewitness to John Brown's raid ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | Osborne Perry Anderson self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoring a firsthand account of John Brown's raid
ⓘ
being the only Black survivor of John Brown's 1859 Harpers Ferry raid ⓘ participation in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Voice from Harper's Ferry ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
ⓘ
printer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American abolitionist movement
ⓘ
John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ
surface form:
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
|
| placeOfActivity |
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| politicalAlignment | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical studies on John Brown's raid ⓘ |
| survivorOf | John Brown's 1859 Harpers Ferry raid ⓘ |
| wrote | A Voice from Harper's Ferry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Osborne Perry Anderson Description of subject: Osborne Perry Anderson was an African American abolitionist, printer, and the only Black survivor of John Brown’s 1859 Harpers Ferry raid, later authoring a key firsthand account of the event.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.