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    The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...
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    Harris, Leslie M. (2003). "The New York City Draft Riots". In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863. University of Chicago...
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    The Orange Riots took place in Manhattan, New York City, in 1870 and 1871, and they involved violent conflict between Irish Protestants who were members...
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    Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941 (U of Illinois Press, 1988). online Bernstein, Iver. The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for...
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  • American Civil War, with major rioting in the New York Draft Riots. The Gilded Age brought about prosperity for the city's upper classes amid the further...
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    The New York City Police Riot of 1857, known at the time as the Great Police Riot, was a conflict which occurred in front of New York City Hall between...
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    a Tobacco Factory 1863 – New York City draft riots, occurred July 13 through 16 in response to government efforts to draft men to fight in the ongoing...
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    city marshals, thirty-one constables, and fifty-one police officers. The New York City draft riots in July 1863 were violent disturbances in New York...
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    during the riot on July 4, 1857 in New York City's Lower East Side.[citation needed] New York City draft riots Orange Riots History of New York City (1855–1897)...
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    some cities, particularly New York City, enforcement of the act sparked civil unrest as the war dragged on, leading to the New York City draft riots on...
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    riots in New York City. In July 1863, the New York State Militias were aiding Union Army troops in Pennsylvania, when the 1863 New York Draft Riots broke...
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    into riots in Philadelphia in 1844; St. Louis in 1854, Cincinnati and Louisville in 1855; Baltimore in 1856; Washington, D.C., and New York City in 1857;...
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    Harris, Leslie M. "The New York City Draft Riots of 1863" excerpted from In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863 Archived...
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  • New York City draft riots (New York City, United States) 1864 – Leicester balloon riot (Leicester, United Kingdom) 1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866 (Memphis...
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  • 1980 Miami riots were the deadliest urban riots in a single city since the 1967 Detroit riot and remained such until the 1992 Los Angeles riots twelve years...
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    ISBN 0-87338-413-X. Cook, Adrian (1974). The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863. pp. 193–195. David R. Goldfield and Blaine A. Brownell...
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    New York City's Secession from the Union: A Political Reappraisal." New York History 68.1 (1987): 67+. Bernstein, Iver. The New York City Draft Riots:...
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    The New York race riots of 1919 developed with increasing racial tension and violent incidents in New York City. These riots were a part of the Red Summer...
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  • regiment was detached for duty in New York City to help prevent further violence following the New York City draft riots of July 1863. After its return to...
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    John Alexander Kennedy (category New York City Police Commissioners)
    superintendent of police for New York City, from 1860 to 1863. He was in charge of the police response to the New York City draft riots in 1863, until he was...
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    1863 New York City draft riots during the American Civil War, and it was not surpassed until the 1992 Los Angeles riots 25 years later. The riot was prominently...
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    draft, and the New York City draft riots were in direct response to the draft and were the first large-scale resistance against the draft in the United...
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     335–337 (article: "Civil War") Harris, Leslie M. (2003). "The New York City Draft Riots of 1863". In the Shadow of Slavery. ISBN 978-0-226-31774-8. Retrieved...
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    to the draft was sometimes violent. In the North, nearly 100 draft enrollment officers were injured in attacks. Anti-draft riots in New York City in 1863...
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    New York City draft riots, Yonkers formed the Home Guards. The guards were a force of constables formed to protect Yonkers from rioting which was feared...
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    murderers, and thieves. The book contains detailed accounts of the New York City draft riots in 1863. It also elaborates on numerous other criminal influences...
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    had an established African American community by the time of the New York Draft Riots), and Ocean Hill. From Bedford-Stuyvesant, African Americans moved...
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  • Violence". The New York Times. "Riots". Virtual New York City. 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2016. Johnson, Michael (2009). "The New York Draft Riots". Reading...
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    1849) New York Tribune (supplement) Cliff, pp. 234–239 Gilge, Paul A. "Riots" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven:...
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  • Stonewall riots, and there was already the emergence of a gay liberation movement in New York at the time of the riots. The Stonewall riots were not the...
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