Marais des Cygnes massacre

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The Marais des Cygnes massacre was an 1858 attack in Kansas Territory in which pro-slavery militants executed a group of free-state men, becoming one of the most notorious episodes of violence in the Bleeding Kansas conflict.

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Marais des Cygnes massacre canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bleeding Kansas incident ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
commemoratedBy Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site ⓘ
historical markers in Linn County, Kansas ⓘ
conflict Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
description attack in which pro-slavery militants executed a group of free-state men ⓘ
documentedIn abolitionist writings ⓘ
newspaper accounts of the time ⓘ
followedBy heightened sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ
hasAftermath increased national outrage over slavery violence in Kansas ⓘ
used as abolitionist propaganda against pro-slavery forces ⓘ
hasCause slavery-related political conflict in Kansas Territory ⓘ
hasDate 1858-05-19 ⓘ
hasImpact contributed to national debate over slavery in territories ⓘ
influenced public opinion in the North against pro-slavery violence ⓘ
hasLocation Kansas Territory ⓘ
Linn County, Kansas ⓘ
near Trading Post, Kansas ⓘ
hasMemorial stone monument at the massacre site ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after the nearby Marais des Cygnes River ⓘ
hasType extrajudicial killing ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
politically motivated violence ⓘ
hasYear 1858 ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
languageOfName French ⓘ
method execution-style shooting ⓘ
nameMeaning "Marsh of the Swans" in French ⓘ
notability one of the most notorious episodes of violence in Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
numberOfVictimsKilled 5 ⓘ
numberOfVictimsTargeted 11 ⓘ
numberOfVictimsWounded 5 ⓘ
partOf Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
perpetrator pro-slavery guerrillas ⓘ
pro-slavery militants ⓘ
precededBy earlier Bleeding Kansas skirmishes ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War ⓘ
border warfare in Kansas–Missouri region ⓘ
pro-slavery vs. free-state conflict in Kansas ⓘ
victim anti-slavery settlers ⓘ
free-state men ⓘ

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Bleeding Kansas crisis → hasPart → Marais des Cygnes massacre ⓘ
Battle of Osawatomie → followedBy → Marais des Cygnes massacre ⓘ
Marais des Cygnes River → hasHistoricalEvent → Marais des Cygnes massacre ⓘ