Harper's Ferry raid

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:aftermath John Brown's trial and execution
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:historical_markers
gptkbp:date October 16, 1859
gptkbp:depicted_in various historical narratives
a martyrdom by abolitionists
gptkbp:flash_type national debate on slavery
gptkbp:goal to initiate a slave uprising
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harper's Ferry raid
gptkbp:inspired abolitionist movements
gptkbp:involved 18 men
gptkbp:involved_a_siege_of the armory
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:weapons
gptkbp:is_a_moment_of American civil rights history
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of gptkb:public_discourse
gptkb:Animation
debate among historians
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of resistance against slavery
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in historical studies
sociological studies
gptkbp:is_criticized_for Southern leaders
gptkbp:is_portrayed_as films and literature
gptkbp:led_to increased sectional conflict
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harper's_Ferry,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:meets federal troops
gptkbp:notable_event African American history
the abolitionist movement
gptkbp:occurs_in the antebellum period
gptkbp:outcome failure
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:John_Brown
gptkbp:proposed_by John Brown and his followers
gptkbp:reported_by the media of the time
gptkbp:resulted_in capture of John Brown
gptkbp:significance heightened tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:strategic_goals to end slavery
gptkbp:targets gptkb:United_States_Armory_and_Arsenal
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for the Republican Party's rise
the abolition of slavery in the U. S.
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkb:John_Brown's_legacy
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:the_Fugitive_Slave_Act
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for gptkb:American_history
anti-slavery activists
gptkbp:was_characterized_by gptkb:military_conflict
gptkbp:was_condemned_by President James Buchanan
many Northern leaders
gptkbp:was_followed_by increased militancy among abolitionists
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:the_Underground_Railroad
gptkbp:was_part_of the larger abolitionist movement
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
some abolitionists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Brown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4