Cincinnati riots of 1855

When

Apr 1855

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

39.10° N, 84.51° W

Description

series of riots occurring in Cincinnati in 1855

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Series of riots occurring in Cincinnati in 1855

The Cincinnati Riots of 1855 were clashes between "nativists" and German-Americans. The nativists supported J. D. Taylor, the mayoral candidate for the anti-immigrant American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party. During the riots, German-Americans erected barricades in the streets leading into their Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, and fired a cannon over the heads of a mob of nativists attacking them.

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