August Vincent Theodore Spies

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August Vincent Theodore Spies was a German-American anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants executed after the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anarchist
labor activist
person
political activist
advocatedFor eight-hour workday
workers' rights
associatedWith Arbeiter-Zeitung
Chicago anarchist movement
labor unions in Chicago
causeOfDeath execution by hanging
convictedOf conspiracy related to the Haymarket bombing
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
ethnicGroup German
familyName Spies
givenName August
hasCause labor rights activism
historicalPeriod 19th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
legalStatus executed defendant in the Haymarket affair
mannerOfDeath judicial execution
movement anarchism
labor movement
name August Vincent Theodore Spies
notableEvent trial following the 1886 Haymarket bombing in Chicago
notableFor Haymarket affair
occupation anarchist
journalist
labor organizer
participantIn Haymarket affair
labor movement in the United States
placeOfActivity Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago
placeOfBurial German Waldheim Cemetery
placeOfDeath Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago
politicalIdeology anarchism
positionHeld editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung
residence Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago

United States of America
sexOrGender male

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August Spies fullName August Vincent Theodore Spies
Rudolph Schnaubelt associatedWith August Spies
linked to: August Vincent Theodore Spies
Spies hasNotableBearer August Spies
linked to: August Vincent Theodore Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies name August Vincent Theodore Spies