Slaves in the Family
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Slaves in the Family is a nonfiction book by Edward Ball that investigates his family's history as slaveholders in the American South and explores the lives and legacies of the enslaved people they owned.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slaves in the Family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10205945 — 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: Slaves in the Family Context triple: [Edward Ball, notableWork, Slaves in the Family]
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A.
Slaves
"Slaves" is a work associated with scholar Jolyon Thomas, likely examining themes of bondage, power, and social or religious structures.
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B.
Slaves of New York
Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama film set in New York’s bohemian art scene, following the romantic and creative struggles of aspiring artists and featuring Bernadette Peters in a leading role.
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C.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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D.
One of Life’s Slaves
One of Life’s Slaves is a naturalist novel by Norwegian author Jonas Lie that explores the struggles and social constraints faced by individuals in 19th-century Scandinavian society.
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E.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
- 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: Slaves in the Family Target entity description: Slaves in the Family is a nonfiction book by Edward Ball that investigates his family's history as slaveholders in the American South and explores the lives and legacies of the enslaved people they owned.
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A.
Slaves
"Slaves" is a work associated with scholar Jolyon Thomas, likely examining themes of bondage, power, and social or religious structures.
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B.
Slaves of New York
Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama film set in New York’s bohemian art scene, following the romantic and creative struggles of aspiring artists and featuring Bernadette Peters in a leading role.
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C.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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D.
One of Life’s Slaves
One of Life’s Slaves is a naturalist novel by Norwegian author Jonas Lie that explores the struggles and social constraints faced by individuals in 19th-century Scandinavian society.
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E.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Edward Ball ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
economic foundations of slavery
ⓘ
personal impact of confronting slaveholding ancestry ⓘ relationships between descendants of slaveholders and enslaved people ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
history of the Ball family as slaveholders
ⓘ
legacies of slavery ⓘ lives of enslaved people owned by the Ball family ⓘ |
| genre |
family history
ⓘ
history ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374265823 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family legacy
ⓘ
genealogy ⓘ historical memory ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American history
ⓘ
American South ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
Ball family ⓘ enslaved people ⓘ slaveholding families ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed reconstruction of enslaved families
ⓘ
linking white and Black family lineages ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Reconstruction era
ⓘ
antebellum South ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Charleston, South Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Charleston
South Carolina ⓘ rice plantations in South Carolina ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
archival research
ⓘ
genealogical research ⓘ oral history interviews ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slaves in the Family Description of subject: Slaves in the Family is a nonfiction book by Edward Ball that investigates his family's history as slaveholders in the American South and explores the lives and legacies of the enslaved people they owned.
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