African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District

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historic district historic site

The African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District is a historic area in Lower Manhattan that encompasses the nation’s earliest known African burial ground and surrounding civic sites, commemorating the lives and contributions of free and enslaved Africans in colonial New York.

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Label	Occurrences
African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District canonical	2
African Burial Ground	1
African Burial Ground National Monument	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3116922 — 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.

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Target entity: African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District
Context triple: [Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, partOf, African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District]

A. Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District
Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic commercial and civic center in downtown Pulaski, Tennessee, known for its preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture surrounding the county courthouse.
B. Greenwich Village Historic District
The Greenwich Village Historic District is a renowned Manhattan neighborhood celebrated for its preserved 19th-century architecture, bohemian cultural history, and role as a center of artistic and social movements in New York City.
C. New York City Historic District
The New York City Historic District is a designated area recognized for its concentration of architecturally and historically significant buildings that reflect the city’s cultural and urban development over time.
D. Wall Street Historic District
The Wall Street Historic District is a landmarked area in Lower Manhattan encompassing the financial core of New York City, including iconic institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.
E. Morris-Jumel Mansion
The Morris-Jumel Mansion is a historic 18th-century house in New York City that served as George Washington’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War and is now preserved as a museum.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District
Target entity description: The African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District is a historic area in Lower Manhattan that encompasses the nation’s earliest known African burial ground and surrounding civic sites, commemorating the lives and contributions of free and enslaved Africans in colonial New York.

A. Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District
Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic commercial and civic center in downtown Pulaski, Tennessee, known for its preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture surrounding the county courthouse.
B. Greenwich Village Historic District
The Greenwich Village Historic District is a renowned Manhattan neighborhood celebrated for its preserved 19th-century architecture, bohemian cultural history, and role as a center of artistic and social movements in New York City.
C. New York City Historic District
The New York City Historic District is a designated area recognized for its concentration of architecturally and historically significant buildings that reflect the city’s cultural and urban development over time.
D. Wall Street Historic District
The Wall Street Historic District is a landmarked area in Lower Manhattan encompassing the financial core of New York City, including iconic institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.
E. Morris-Jumel Mansion
The Morris-Jumel Mansion is a historic 18th-century house in New York City that served as George Washington’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War and is now preserved as a museum.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ historic site ⓘ
commemorates	African diaspora in early America ⓘ enslaved Africans in New York ⓘ free Africans in New York ⓘ
contains	African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Burial Ground African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Burial Ground National Monument Manhattan Municipal Building ⓘ surface form: Municipal Building (Manhattan) New York City Hall ⓘ New York City Hall Park ⓘ New York County Courthouse ⓘ St. Andrew’s Church (New York City) ⓘ New York Surrogate's Court ⓘ surface form: Surrogate’s Court (New York County) Tweeds Courthouse ⓘ New York City Federal Courthouse ⓘ surface form: U.S. Courthouse at Foley Square former New York Commons ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governingBody	New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ
hasPart	colonial-era African burial ground ⓘ
hasUse	civic center ⓘ educational site ⓘ judicial center ⓘ memorial ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District ⓘ New York City Historic District ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-link ⓘ
locatedIn	Civic Center, Manhattan ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York County ⓘ New York State ⓘ
locatedNear	Broadway (Manhattan street) ⓘ surface form: Broadway (Manhattan) Chambers Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Foley Square ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
significance	associated with early civic and governmental development of New York City ⓘ commemorates free and enslaved Africans in colonial New York ⓘ earliest known African burial ground in what became the United States ⓘ
theme	African American history ⓘ civic and governmental history of New York City ⓘ slavery in colonial New York ⓘ

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Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse → partOf → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District ⓘ

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → contains → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Burial Ground National Monument

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → contains → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Burial Ground

African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District → heritageDesignationAppliesTo → African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District self-link ⓘ

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