Black Friday (1869)

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fisk-Gould_Scandal
gptkbp:cause attempt to corner the gold market
gptkbp:date September 24, 1869
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Harper's_Weekly
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:James_Fisk
gptkb:Abel_Corbin
Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Wall_Street
gptkb:Gilded_Age
U.S. financial history
gptkbp:result collapse of gold prices
financial panic
ruined many investors
gptkbp:significance damaged public trust in financial markets
led to increased government regulation of financial markets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:James_Fisk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Friday (1869)

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