Sacking of Lawrence

E391705

The Sacking of Lawrence was an 1856 pro-slavery attack on the anti-slavery stronghold of Lawrence, Kansas, that escalated sectional tensions in the lead-up to the American Civil War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sack of Lawrence 4
Sacking of Lawrence canonical 4
Raid on Lawrence 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
pro-slavery raid ⓘ
violent attack ⓘ
attacker Douglas County Sheriff’s posse ⓘ
pro-slavery militia from Missouri ⓘ
belligerent Free-State settlers in Lawrence ⓘ
pro-slavery forces ⓘ
cause dispute over whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state ⓘ
pro-slavery opposition to the Free-State movement in Kansas Territory ⓘ
tensions created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
commander David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Sheriff Samuel J. Jones ⓘ
conflictType civil conflict ⓘ
mob violence ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1856-05-21 ⓘ
followedBy Pottawatomie massacre ⓘ
further guerrilla warfare in Kansas Territory ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Bleeding Kansas era ⓘ
ideologyOfAttackers pro-slavery ⓘ
ideologyOfDefenders Free-State movement ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ
location Kansas Territory ⓘ
Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
notableAction destruction of anti-slavery printing presses ⓘ
destruction of the Free-State Hotel ⓘ
looting of homes and businesses ⓘ
partOf Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
sectional conflict over slavery in the United States ⓘ
precededBy fraudulent pro-slavery territorial elections in Kansas ⓘ
propertyDamage significant ⓘ
relatedEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
Pottawatomie massacre ⓘ
Sack of Osawatomie ⓘ
result contributed to John Brown’s decision to carry out the Pottawatomie massacre ⓘ
destruction of property in Lawrence ⓘ
escalation of sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ
increased national attention to violence in Kansas Territory ⓘ
radicalization of some anti-slavery activists ⓘ
significance contributed to the breakdown of compromise over slavery ⓘ
helped inflame Northern public opinion against the Slave Power ⓘ
symbol of pro-slavery aggression against Free-State settlers ⓘ
target Free-State Hotel in Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Downtown Lawrence

anti-slavery presses in Lawrence ⓘ
newspaper offices in Lawrence ⓘ
year 1856 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bleeding Kansas crisis → hasPart → Sacking of Lawrence ⓘ
Lawrence, Kansas → siteOf → Sack of Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence
Lawrence, Kansas → hasHistoricEvent → Sacking of Lawrence ⓘ
subject linked to: Lawrence
Kansas Territory → significantEvent → Sack of Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence
Pottawatomie massacre → precededBy → Sacking of Lawrence ⓘ
Battle of Osawatomie → precededBy → Sack of Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence
Battle of Osawatomie → relatedEvent → Sack of Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence
Wakarusa War → relatedTo → Sacking of Lawrence ⓘ
Wilson Shannon → notableEvent → Sacking of Lawrence (1856) ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence
Lawrence massacre → alsoKnownAs → Raid on Lawrence ⓘ
linked to: Sacking of Lawrence