Samuel Fielden

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Haymarket affair defendant anarchist labor activist person socialist

Samuel Fielden was a British-born American labor activist, socialist, and one of the anarchists controversially convicted in connection with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Haymarket affair defendant → anarchist → labor activist → person → socialist →
advocatedFor	eight-hour workday → workers' rights →
arrestedInConnectionWith	Haymarket affair →
associatedWith	Chicago anarchist movement → International Working People's Association →
birthCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
birthDate	1847-02-25 →
birthPlace	Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England →
causeOfNotability	being one of the Haymarket anarchists controversially convicted →
convictedOf	conspiracy to commit murder →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1922-02-07 →
ethnicOrigin	English →
familyName	Fielden →
givenName	Samuel →
immigratedTo	United States of America →
immigrationYear	1869 →
imprisonedAt	Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet →
languageSpoken	English →
laterOccupation	rancher →
movedTo	La Veta, Colorado, United States →
name	Samuel Fielden →
notableFor	involvement in the 1886 Haymarket affair →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	labor organizer → teamster →
pardonDate	1893-06-26 →
pardonedBy	John Peter Altgeld →
placeOfActivity	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
politicalIdeology	anarchism → socialism →
releasedFromPrison	1893 →
religiousBackground	Methodist →
roleInEvent	speaker at Haymarket rally shortly before the bomb explosion →
sentence	death sentence by hanging →
sentenceModifiedTo	life imprisonment →
spokeAt	Haymarket rally, Chicago, 1886-05-04 →
spouse	Sarah Hickman Fielden →
trial	Haymarket affair trial, Chicago, 1886 →
viewOnHaymarketBombing	denied involvement in the bombing →
was	lay preacher →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Louis Lingg → Michael Schwab →	coDefendant
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument →	burialPlaceOf
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument →	dedicatedTo
Samuel Fielden →	name