What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1862
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 40.69° N, 74.00° W
- Description
- 1862 riot
1862 Brooklyn riot
1862 riot in Brooklyn, New York, US
A riot occurred in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, on August 4, 1862. It involved a group of White Americans, mostly of Irish descent, targeting a group of about 20 Black American workers at a tobacco factory on Sedgwick Street. The New York City Police Department was able to quell the riot with only some minor injuries and property damage.
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