Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:date |
September 13, 1858
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| gptkbp:describes |
The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue was the 1858 rescue of a fugitive slave, John Price, by abolitionists in Oberlin and Wellington, Ohio.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue
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| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:John_Price
gptkb:Charles_Henry_Langston gptkb:Simeon_Bushnell |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Oberlin,_Ohio
gptkb:Wellington,_Ohio |
| gptkbp:organizedBy |
Oberlin College community
local abolitionists |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Underground_Railroad
gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
arrest and trial of 37 men
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| gptkbp:significance |
increased tensions leading up to the American Civil War
galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the North |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Oberlin_Rescuers
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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