New York City draft riots

When

Jul 1863

Kind

Riot

Deaths

120

Coordinates

40.72° N, 74.00° W

Description

1863 civil unrest over American Civil War conscription

1863 civil unrest protesting American Civil War conscription

The New York City draft riots, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The protests turned into a race riot against African Americans by Irish American rioters.

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