Baltimore Plot
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The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baltimore Plot canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Baltimore Plot Context triple: [Kate Warne, participatedIn, Baltimore Plot]
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A.
The Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed 1605 conspiracy by a group of English Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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B.
Attack on Deerfield
Attack on Deerfield was a devastating 1704 French and Native American raid on the English frontier settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, resulting in many deaths and captives and becoming one of the most infamous incidents of colonial-era frontier warfare.
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C.
Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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D.
Operation Horseshoe (alleged)
Operation Horseshoe (alleged) is a purported Serbian military plan for the systematic expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo during the Kosovo War, whose existence and authenticity have been widely disputed.
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E.
Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair was an 1886 labor protest and bombing in Chicago that became a pivotal moment in the history of workers’ rights and the labor movement in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baltimore Plot Target entity description: The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
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A.
The Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed 1605 conspiracy by a group of English Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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B.
Attack on Deerfield
Attack on Deerfield was a devastating 1704 French and Native American raid on the English frontier settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, resulting in many deaths and captives and becoming one of the most infamous incidents of colonial-era frontier warfare.
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C.
Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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D.
Operation Horseshoe (alleged)
Operation Horseshoe (alleged) is a purported Serbian military plan for the systematic expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo during the Kosovo War, whose existence and authenticity have been widely disputed.
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E.
Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair was an 1886 labor protest and bombing in Chicago that became a pivotal moment in the history of workers’ rights and the labor movement in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination plot
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political conspiracy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Baltimore assassination plot ⓘ |
| hasContext | American Civil War secession crisis ⓘ |
| hasControversy | debate over extent and seriousness of the conspiracy ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasDiscoveryMethod |
detective investigation
ⓘ
undercover infiltration ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
memoirs of participants and observers
ⓘ
reports by Allan Pinkerton ⓘ |
| hasGoal | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
early major case for Pinkerton National Detective Agency
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early security threat to Abraham Lincoln before his presidency ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent | secret overnight passage of Abraham Lincoln through Baltimore ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Baltimore, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
|
| hasMethod | attack during train transfer in Baltimore ⓘ |
| hasMotivation |
Southern sympathies
ⓘ
opposition to Lincoln’s election ⓘ tensions over secession ⓘ |
| hasOpposition |
Abraham Lincoln’s security detail
ⓘ
Allan Pinkerton ⓘ Pinkerton National Detective Agency ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Abraham Lincoln safely reached Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrators | pro-Southern conspirators ⓘ |
| hasPlannedAttackPoint |
Calvert Street Station area in Baltimore
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Station (Baltimore)
Camden Station area in Baltimore ⓘ
linked to:
Midtown Baltimore
|
| hasPlannedDate | 1861 ⓘ |
| hasPlannedVictim | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasRelatedEvent |
Abraham Lincoln’s first presidential inauguration
ⓘ
linked to:
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
onset of the American Civil War ⓘ secession of Southern states ⓘ |
| hasRelatedOrganization | Baltimore police and city authorities ⓘ |
| hasSecurityMeasure |
alteration of published train schedule
ⓘ
disguising Abraham Lincoln during travel ⓘ |
| hasSourceType | historical accounts ⓘ |
| hasStatus | failed ⓘ |
| hasTarget | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasTargetRole | President-elect of the United States ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | February 1861 ⓘ |
| hasTransportationContext | railroad travel through Baltimore ⓘ |
| hasTravelRouteContext | Lincoln’s train journey from Springfield, Illinois, to Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| involvedPerson |
Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
Allan Pinkerton ⓘ Kate Warne ⓘ Norman B. Judd NERFINISHED ⓘ Ward Hill Lamon ⓘ |
| wasFoiledBy |
Allan Pinkerton
ⓘ
Pinkerton National Detective Agency ⓘ covert change of Lincoln’s travel plans ⓘ |
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