Pavonia Massacre

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historical event massacre

The Pavonia Massacre was a 1643 attack by Dutch colonists on Lenape Native Americans in present-day Jersey City, New Jersey, that helped ignite the broader conflict known as Kieft's War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Corlear's Hook Massacre	2
Pavonia Massacre canonical	2
Massacre at Pavonia	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pavonia Massacre ⓘ surface form: Massacre at Pavonia
approximateNumberOfLenapeKilled	over 80 ⓘ
causeOf	escalation of Kieft's War ⓘ
colonyGovernorResponsible	Willem Kieft ⓘ
combatant	Dutch settlers ⓘ surface form: Dutch settlers of New Netherland Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape people
conflict	Kieft's War ⓘ
context	Dutch–Native American relations in 17th-century New Netherland ⓘ
countryAtTheTime	New Netherland ⓘ
date	1643 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Dutch colonial period in North America ⓘ
impactOnDutchColony	political controversy over Kieft's leadership ⓘ
impactOnLenape	displacement of Lenape communities near Pavonia ⓘ
location	Pavonia ⓘ present-day Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
orderedBy	Willem Kieft ⓘ
partOf	Kieft's War ⓘ
perpetrator	Dutch colonists ⓘ soldiers of New Netherland ⓘ
precededBy	tensions over land and tribute demands by Willem Kieft ⓘ
region	Hudson River waterfront ⓘ
relatedEvent	Pavonia Massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corlear's Hook Massacre
result	Lenape retaliation against Dutch settlements ⓘ increased hostilities in New Netherland ⓘ widening of conflict between Dutch settlers and Lenape ⓘ
typeOfViolence	colonial violence against Indigenous peoples ⓘ
victim	Lenape ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape Native Americans

Referenced by (5)

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

Kieft's War → significantEvent → Pavonia Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corlear's Hook Massacre

Pavonia → event → Pavonia Massacre ⓘ

Pavonia Massacre → relatedEvent → Pavonia Massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corlear's Hook Massacre

Pavonia Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Pavonia Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massacre at Pavonia