August Spies

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anarchist labor activist person political radical

August Spies was a German-American anarchist and labor activist who became one of the most prominent defendants executed after the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.

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Label Occurrences
August Spies canonical 10
Haymarket martyrs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anarchist ⓘ
labor activist ⓘ
person ⓘ
political radical ⓘ
associatedWith Adolph Fischer ⓘ
Albert Parsons ⓘ
George Engel ⓘ
Louis Lingg ⓘ
Michael Schwab ⓘ
Oscar Neebe ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath judicial execution ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
convictedOf conspiracy related to the Haymarket bombing ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1855-12-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1887-11-11 ⓘ
dateOfSentence 1886-10-09 ⓘ
editorOf Arbeiter-Zeitung ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
familyName Spies ⓘ
famousLastWords "The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today." ⓘ
fullName August Vincent Theodore Spies ⓘ
givenName August ⓘ
hasCause struggle for the eight-hour workday ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
memorializedBy Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
surface form: Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
movement anarchist movement ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
notableFor Haymarket affair ⓘ
labor movement in Chicago ⓘ
occupation anarchist ⓘ
editor ⓘ
labor activist ⓘ
participantIn Chicago labor movement ⓘ
Haymarket affair ⓘ
placeOfBirth German Confederation ⓘ
Landeck, Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
politicalIdeology anarchism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
religion freethought ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
trialHeldIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
workedAs newspaper editor ⓘ
upholsterer ⓘ

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Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → dedicatedTo → August Spies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haymarket martyrs
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → dedicatedTo → August Spies ⓘ
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → burialPlaceOf → August Spies ⓘ
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois → containsGraveOf → August Spies ⓘ
Forest Home Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → August Spies ⓘ
Michael Schwab → coDefendant → August Spies ⓘ
German Waldheim Cemetery → hasBurial → August Spies ⓘ
Louis Lingg → coDefendant → August Spies ⓘ
Landeck, Hesse-Kassel → hasNotablePerson → August Spies ⓘ
International Working People's Association → notableMember → August Spies ⓘ
Chicago anarchist movement → notableFigure → August Spies ⓘ