Battle of Black Jack

	Black Jack Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	near Baldwin City, Kansas
Coordinates	38°45′42″N 95°7′50″W / 38.76167°N 95.13056°W
Area	59 acres (24 ha)
NRHP reference No.	04000365 (original); 04001373 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 28, 2004
Boundary increase	June 6, 2005
Designated NHL	October 16, 2012

Battle of Black Jack
	Part of Bleeding Kansas
	; A sign showing the surrender point of Henry Pate on the Black Jack Battle site.
Date	June 2, 1856
Location	Palmyra Township, Douglas County, Kansas, near Baldwin City, Kansas
Result	Free-Stater victory
Belligerents
Free-State Abolitionists	Slave State
Commanders and leaders
John Brown ; Samuel T. Shore	Henry C. Pate (POW) Lieut. Brockett
Strength
30	75-80
Casualties and losses
unknown	29 prisoners

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.

^ Reynolds, David S. (2005). John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. pp. 184–187. ISBN 978-0375726156.
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