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The
Peoples
Temple
Agricultural
Project
,
better
known
by
its
informal
name
``
Jonestown
''
,
was
a
remote
settlement
established
by
the
Peoples
Temple
,
a
cult
under
the
leadership
of
Jim
Jones
,
in
northwestern
Guyana
.
In
total
,
909
individuals
died
Death
in
Jonestown
,
all
but
two
from
apparent
cyanide
poisoning
,
in
an
event
termed
``
revolutionary
suicide
''
by
Jones
and
some
Peoples
Temple
members
on
an
audio
tape
of
the
event
,
and
in
prior
recorded
discussions
.
The
poisonings
in
Jonestown
followed
Action
the
murder
of
five
others
by
Temple
members
at
Port
Kaituma
,
including
United
States
Congressman
Leo
Ryan
,
an
act
that
Jones
ordered
.
Terms
used
to
describe
the
deaths
in
Jonestown
and
Georgetown
evolved
Change
over
time
.
Seventy
or
more
individuals
at
Jonestown
were
injected
with
poison
,
and
a
third
of
the
victims
(
304
)
were
minors
.
Guards
armed
with
guns
and
crossbows
had
been
ordered
Request
to
shoot
those
who
fled
the
Jonestown
pavilion
as
Jones
lobbied
for
suicide
.
Jonestown
resulted in
Causation
the
largest
single
loss
of
American
civilian
life
in
a
deliberate
act
until
September
11
,
2001
.
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