Pottawatomie massacre
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The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pottawatomie massacre canonical | 8 |
| Pottawatomie Creek massacre | 1 |
| Pottawatomie killings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3808809 — 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.
Target entity: Pottawatomie massacre Context triple: [Bleeding Kansas crisis, hasPart, Pottawatomie massacre]
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Bad Axe Massacre
The Bad Axe Massacre was the brutal 1832 final battle of the Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces and militia slaughtered many retreating Sauk and Fox people along the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin.
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Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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Washita Massacre
The Washita Massacre was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of many Native American men, women, and children and becoming a symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars.
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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre was an 1864 attack in which Colorado U.S. volunteer cavalry brutally killed and mutilated a large number of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, many of them women and children, in one of the most infamous atrocities against Native Americans in U.S. history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pottawatomie massacre Target entity description: The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
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A.
Bad Axe Massacre
The Bad Axe Massacre was the brutal 1832 final battle of the Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces and militia slaughtered many retreating Sauk and Fox people along the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin.
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B.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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C.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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D.
Washita Massacre
The Washita Massacre was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of many Native American men, women, and children and becoming a symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars.
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E.
Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre was an 1864 attack in which Colorado U.S. volunteer cavalry brutally killed and mutilated a large number of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, many of them women and children, in one of the most infamous atrocities against Native Americans in U.S. history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in Bleeding Kansas
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massacre ⓘ violent incident ⓘ |
| aftermath |
heightened polarization between North and South
ⓘ
increased national attention to Bleeding Kansas ⓘ |
| chronologicallyWithin | 1850s in Kansas Territory ⓘ |
| combatant |
Free-State partisans
ⓘ
pro-slavery settlers ⓘ |
| conflict |
Bleeding Kansas crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
Bleeding Kansas
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| followedBy |
Battle of Osawatomie
ⓘ
escalation of violence in Bleeding Kansas ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Pottawatomie massacre
ⓘ
surface form:
Pottawatomie Creek massacre
Pottawatomie massacre ⓘ
surface form:
Pottawatomie killings
|
| hasCause |
conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory
ⓘ
pro-slavery violence in Kansas ⓘ retaliation for the sacking of Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1856-05-24 ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1856-05-25 ⓘ |
| hasEthicalDebate | controversy over justification of political violence ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Brown family members
ⓘ
John Brown ⓘ abolitionist militants ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Antebellum period
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surface form:
Antebellum period in the United States
|
| leader | John Brown ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtTime | extrajudicial killings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Franklin County, Kansas
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surface form:
Franklin County, Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory ⓘ Pottawatomie Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Kansas ⓘ |
| method | killing with broadswords and firearms ⓘ |
| motive |
anti-slavery militancy
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retaliation for pro-slavery attacks ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalities | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bleeding Kansas crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
Bleeding Kansas
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| perpetrator |
John Brown
ⓘ
followers of John Brown ⓘ |
| perpetratorSide | abolitionists ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sacking of Lawrence ⓘ |
| relatedTo | American Civil War ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the coming of the American Civil War
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escalated sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ |
| topicOf |
biographies of John Brown
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historical studies of American abolitionism ⓘ scholarship on political violence in U.S. history ⓘ |
| victimSide |
pro-slavery men
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pro-slavery settlers ⓘ |
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Subject: Pottawatomie massacre Description of subject: The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
Referenced by (10)
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