Christopher Blake

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Arkansas
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Christopher Blake was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Arkansas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on ___ at ___; charged with violation of 58th Article of War; sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years; reason for stance =

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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