Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution

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American Revolutionary War prisoners of war group of people

The Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution were thousands of American prisoners of war who died under brutal conditions aboard British prison ships in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution canonical	2
The British Prison Ship	2
prison ship martyrs	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War prisoners of war ⓘ group of people ⓘ
approximate number of deaths	more than 11,000 ⓘ thousands ⓘ
associated with	Brooklyn waterfront ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn Navy Yard area Wallabout Bay burial pits ⓘ
burial place	Fort Greene Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn crypt beneath the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument ⓘ
cause of death	disease ⓘ exposure ⓘ malnutrition ⓘ neglect ⓘ starvation ⓘ
commemorated by	Fort Greene Park ⓘ Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ surface form: Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
commemorated in	Brooklyn ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn, New York
commemorative day	annual memorial ceremonies at Fort Greene Park ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
country of citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
detained by	British Army ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: British Royal Navy
detention conditions	lack of adequate food ⓘ lack of medical care ⓘ overcrowded prison ships ⓘ unsanitary conditions ⓘ
historical significance	major loss of life for the American cause ⓘ symbol of British cruelty during the American Revolution ⓘ
located in the administrative territorial entity	New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) New York City ⓘ
memorial architect	Stanford White ⓘ
memorial designer	Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
memorial sculptor	Adolph A. Weinman ⓘ surface form: Adolph Alexander Weinman
memorial unveiled	1908 ⓘ
notable prison ship	HMS Falmouth ⓘ HMS Good Hope ⓘ HMS Hunter ⓘ HMS Jersey ⓘ
opponent	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
opposed by	Loyalists ⓘ
participant in	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
place of detention	New York Harbor ⓘ Wallabout Bay ⓘ off Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
remembered for	high mortality rate on British prison ships ⓘ suffering under brutal conditions ⓘ
role	American patriots ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York → commemorates → Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Fort Greene Park

Philip Freneau → notableWork → Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: The British Prison Ship

Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument → dedicatedTo → Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ

Martyrs’ Monument Plaza → namedAfter → Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: prison ship martyrs

Philip → notableWork → Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip Freneau

this entity surface form: The British Prison Ship