Wij slaven van Suriname
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Wij slaven van Suriname is a seminal 1934 anti-colonial book that combines history and personal testimony to expose the brutality of Dutch rule and slavery in Suriname.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wij slaven van Suriname canonical | 2 |
| We Slaves of Suriname | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11436406 — 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: Wij slaven van Suriname Context triple: [Anton de Kom, notableWork, Wij slaven van Suriname]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana is an anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that examines the culture, social life, and African heritage of the Maroon communities in what is now Suriname.
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E.
The Slave
"The Slave" is a provocative 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that explores Black nationalism, racial conflict, and revolutionary violence in the United States.
- 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: Wij slaven van Suriname Target entity description: Wij slaven van Suriname is a seminal 1934 anti-colonial book that combines history and personal testimony to expose the brutality of Dutch rule and slavery in Suriname.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana is an anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that examines the culture, social life, and African heritage of the Maroon communities in what is now Suriname.
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E.
The Slave
"The Slave" is a provocative 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that explores Black nationalism, racial conflict, and revolutionary violence in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-colonial literature
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose colonial oppression
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mobilize resistance against colonial rule ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Atlantic studies
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linked to:
Black Atlantic
Surinamese independence movement ⓘ |
| author | Anton de Kom ⓘ |
| combines |
historical analysis
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personal testimony ⓘ |
| considered |
classic of anti-colonial literature
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seminal work in Surinamese literature ⓘ |
| contains |
historical documents
ⓘ
personal memories ⓘ political analysis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Dutch colonial administration
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plantation owners in Suriname ⓘ post-slavery colonial exploitation ⓘ slavery as an institution ⓘ |
| describes |
Maroons in Suriname
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economic structures of colonial Suriname ⓘ everyday life of enslaved people ⓘ slave uprisings in Suriname ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
brutality of Dutch colonial rule
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conditions of enslaved Africans in Suriname ⓘ exploitation on Surinamese plantations ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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history ⓘ political literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Caribbean anti-colonial thought
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Dutch debates on colonialism ⓘ Surinamese national consciousness ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dutch colonialism
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Surinamese history ⓘ anti-colonial resistance ⓘ slavery in Suriname ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of scholarship and activism
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early explicit critique of Dutch colonialism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-colonial
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anti-racist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| setting | Suriname ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
post-emancipation colonial period in Suriname
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slavery era in Suriname ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
We Slaves of Suriname
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linked to:
Wij slaven van Suriname
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