Joice Heth

African American enslaved person and sideshow performer
Person human Q4413239
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Joice Heth

Summary

Joice Heth is a human[1]. Her place of birth was United States[2]. She was born on +1756-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. She passed away in Connecticut[4]. She died on +1836-02-19T00:00:00Z[5]. She worked as a sideshow performer[6]. She ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month, #7,030 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Born in United States[2], Joice Heth…
  • Joice Heth passed away in Connecticut[4].
  • Joice Heth was born on +1756-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Joice Heth died on +1836-02-19T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Burial took place at Bethel[8].
  • Joice Heth held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Joice Heth worked as a sideshow performer[6].
  • Joice Heth's image is recorded as Joice Heth.jpeg[10].
  • Joice Heth is recorded as female[11].
  • Joice Heth's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Joice Heth's ISNI is recorded as 0000000079116727[13].
  • Joice Heth's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 97902481[14].
  • Joice Heth's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr94023422[15].
  • Joice Heth's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14456504n[16].
  • Joice Heth's Commons category is recorded as Joice Heth[17].
  • Joice Heth's residence is recorded as Louisville[18].
  • Joice Heth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07b6f3[19].
  • Joice Heth's family name is recorded as Heth[20].
  • Joice Heth's given name is recorded as Joice[21].
  • Joice Heth's significant event is recorded as change of ownership[22].
  • Joice Heth's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 258802561[23].
  • Joice Heth's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[24].
  • Joice Heth's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as biography/Joice-Heth[25].
  • Joice Heth's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Joice Heth'}[26].
  • Joice Heth's FAST ID is recorded as 1823843[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in United States[2], Joice Heth… she was born on +1756-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Joice Heth worked as a sideshow performer[6].

Death and Burial

Joice Heth died on +1836-02-19T00:00:00Z[5]. She passed away in Connecticut[4]. She is buried at Bethel[8].

Why It Matters

Joice Heth ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month, #7,030 of 1,000,298).[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

Where was Joice Heth born?

Born in United States[2], Joice Heth…

Where did Joice Heth die?

Joice Heth passed away in Connecticut[4].

What did Joice Heth do for work?

Joice Heth worked as sideshow performer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . Heth, Joice (17??–19 February 1836), performer, exhibited by P. T. Barnum as the 161-year-old former nurse of George Washington.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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