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Battle of Black Jack

Armed engagement of the Bleeding Kansas conflict

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when antislavery forces, led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked the encampment of Henry C. Pate near Baldwin City, Kansas. The battle is cited as one incident of "Bleeding Kansas" and a contributing factor leading up to the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

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“Battle of Black Jack” enters the record as armed engagement of the Bleeding Kansas conflict. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Battle, Black and Jack can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1856, 1861, 1865—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Battle, Black and Jack.
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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of Black Jack” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.