The Knights of the Golden Circle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf secret society
gptkbp:activePeriod mid-19th century
gptkbp:activity gptkb:propaganda
secret meetings
plots to create a slave empire
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1863
gptkbp:founded 1854
gptkbp:founder gptkb:George_W._L._Bickley
gptkbp:goal annexation of territories in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Cincinnati,_Ohio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Knights of the Golden Circle
gptkbp:ideology pro-slavery
Southern expansionism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Copperheads
Confederate sympathizers
gptkbp:legacy subject of conspiracy theories
inspiration for later secret societies
gptkbp:membership tens of thousands (claimed)
gptkbp:notableEvent alleged involvement in Lincoln assassination plot
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:John_Wilkes_Booth
gptkb:George_W._L._Bickley
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Union_government
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Freemasonry
gptkb:Order_of_the_Sons_of_Liberty
gptkbp:symbol circle with a cross
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Secret_Societies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6