New England Emigrant Aid Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
emigrant aid society
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
late 19th century
|
| gptkbp:foundedBy |
gptkb:Amos_Adams_Lawrence
gptkb:Eli_Thayer |
| gptkbp:foundedIn |
1854
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| gptkbp:goal |
ensure Kansas entered the Union as a free state
|
| gptkbp:headquartersLocation |
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
|
| gptkbp:historicalName |
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
New England Emigrant Aid Company
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
|
| gptkbp:notableAction |
helped establish Lawrence, Kansas
helped establish Manhattan, Kansas helped establish Topeka, Kansas |
| gptkbp:notableBattle |
pro-slavery settlers
|
| gptkbp:notableMember |
gptkb:Charles_Robinson
gptkb:Samuel_Cabot gptkb:Edward_Everett_Hale |
| gptkbp:organization |
gptkb:company
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
promote anti-slavery settlement in Kansas Territory
|
| gptkbp:servesArea |
gptkb:Kansas_Territory
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Free-State_forces
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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