1862 Brooklyn riot

Quand

4 août 1862

Type

Émeute

Coordonnées

40.69° N, 74.00° W

Description

1862 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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