Dade’s Massacre
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Dade’s Massacre was an 1835 ambush by Seminole warriors on U.S. troops in Florida that helped ignite the Second Seminole War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dade’s Massacre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8383185 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dade’s Massacre Context triple: [Dade massacre, alsoKnownAs, Dade’s Massacre]
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A.
Tol Plantation massacre
The Tol Plantation massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Japanese forces executed over 150 Australian prisoners of war and civilians on New Britain in 1942.
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B.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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C.
Pavonia 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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D.
Buford’s Massacre
Buford’s Massacre refers to the brutal 1780 Revolutionary War clash at Waxhaws, South Carolina, where British forces under Banastre Tarleton killed or wounded most of the surrendering American troops led by Abraham Buford.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dade’s Massacre Target entity description: Dade’s Massacre was an 1835 ambush by Seminole warriors on U.S. troops in Florida that helped ignite the Second Seminole War.
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A.
Tol Plantation massacre
The Tol Plantation massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Japanese forces executed over 150 Australian prisoners of war and civilians on New Britain in 1942.
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B.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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C.
Pavonia 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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D.
Buford’s Massacre
Buford’s Massacre refers to the brutal 1780 Revolutionary War clash at Waxhaws, South Carolina, where British forces under Banastre Tarleton killed or wounded most of the surrendering American troops led by Abraham Buford.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambush
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massacre ⓘ military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Wahoo Swamp Road
NERFINISHED
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Dade Battle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dade Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Black Seminoles
NERFINISHED
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Seminole NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| cause |
enforcement of Indian Removal policies
ⓘ
resistance to forced removal of Seminoles from Florida ⓘ |
| combatant_US_unit |
Company B, 2nd U.S. Artillery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Company H, 2nd U.S. Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Alligator
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jumper NERFINISHED ⓘ Major Francis L. Dade NERFINISHED ⓘ Micanopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedAt | Dade Battlefield Historic State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Seminole War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1835-12-28 ⓘ |
| followedBy | wider U.S. military campaigns in the Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Jacksonian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Sumter County, Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near present-day Bushnell, Florida ⓘ |
| memorial | Dade Battlefield Historic State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Major Francis L. Dade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Seminole War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorEvent | increasing tensions between Seminoles and U.S. authorities in Florida ⓘ |
| result | decisive Seminole victory ⓘ |
| route | Fort Brooke to Fort King road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Seminole_casualties | minimal ⓘ |
| significance |
galvanized U.S. public opinion about the Seminole conflict
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helped ignite the Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| state | Florida Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strength_Seminole_forces | approximately 180 warriors ⓘ |
| strength_US_forces | approximately 110 soldiers ⓘ |
| target | U.S. troops marching from Fort Brooke to Fort King ⓘ |
| typeOfAttack | surprise attack ⓘ |
| US_casualties_killed | over 100 ⓘ |
| US_casualties_survivors | 3 ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
muskets
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rifles ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
| year | 1835 ⓘ |
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