Louis Lingg

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Louis Lingg was a German-born anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.

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instanceOf Haymarket affair defendant
anarchist
labor activist
person
advocated use of explosives in revolutionary struggle
associatedWithOrganization International Working People's Association
surface form: International Working People’s Association
birthCountry Germany
birthDate 1864-09-09
birthPlace Mannheim NERFINISHED
burialPlace Forest Home Cemetery
German Waldheim Cemetery
surface form: Waldheim Cemetery
causeOfDeath suicide
chargedWith conspiracy related to the Haymarket bombing
citizenship Germany
coDefendant Adolph Fischer
Albert Parsons
August Spies
George Engel
Michael Schwab
Oscar Neebe NERFINISHED
Samuel Fielden
convictedOf conspiracy
countryOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin Germany
deathDate 1887-11-10
ethnicOrigin German
familyName Lingg
gender male
givenName Louis
historicalPeriod late 19th century
ideologicalPosition revolutionary anarchism
languageSpoken English
German
mannerOfDeath explosion of a dynamite cap
memorializedAt Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
surface form: Haymarket Martyrs Monument
migratedTo City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

United States of America
surface form: United States
movement anarchist movement
labor movement
name Louis Lingg NERFINISHED
notableEvent Haymarket affair
notableFor involvement in the Haymarket affair
occupation carpenter
labor activist
placeOfActivity City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
placeOfDeath City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
placeOfDetention Cook County Jail
politicalIdeology anarchism
sentence death
trial Haymarket affair trial
yearOfImmigrationToUnitedStates 1885

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