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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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    Century New York". Virtual New York. City University of New York. Retrieved October 31, 2021. Harris, Leslie M. (2003). "The New York City Draft Riots". In...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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