New England Emigrant Aid Company

GPTKB entity

Properties (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf organization
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:the_Republican_Party
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
the_Free_State_Party
gptkbp:challenges Native_American_tribes
gptkbp:collaboratedWith New_England_abolitionists
gptkbp:contributedTo conflict_in_Kansas
gptkbp:criticism pro-slavery advocates
gptkbp:dissolved 1860s
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:encouraged agricultural development
settlement of free-state supporters
education_in_Kansas
migration_from_New_England
gptkbp:established gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
towns_in_Kansas
gptkbp:fosters community development
economic_growth_in_Kansas
gptkbp:founded 1854
the_Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Eli_Thayer
gptkbp:has_a_history_of promoting civil rights
gptkbp:has_a_mission_to promote free labor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New England Emigrant Aid Company
gptkbp:impact Kansas_statehood
Kansas_politics.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkbp:is_a later migration organizations
gptkbp:is_a_key_player_in the_settlement_of_Kansas
gptkbp:is_a_model_for future settlement companies
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of academic research
historical studies
gptkbp:is_featured_in historical narratives
gptkbp:is_involved_in community organizing
railroad development
land grants
land speculation
political lobbying
the founding of free-state towns
gptkbp:is_known_for its_role_in_Kansas_history
gptkbp:is_linked_to the Underground Railroad
gptkbp:is_part_of the larger abolitionist movement
the westward expansion movement
American_history
gptkbp:is_supported_by New_England_states
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kansas
gptkbp:operates transportation services
gptkbp:operates_in the 1850s
gptkbp:opposedBy pro-slavery factions
gptkbp:promoted free-state movement
gptkbp:provides financial assistance
gptkbp:purpose promote_settlement_in_Kansas
gptkbp:supported anti-slavery settlers
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for anti-slavery sentiment
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the Gold Rush
expansion of slavery
economic_opportunities_in_the_West