The most violent urban uprising in american history occurred in july 1863 when thousands of poor workers took to the new yorks streets with brickstorches and clubs to protest the military draft and its 300 exemption provision.

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The most lethal urban riot in american history the new york city draft riots in july 1863 were not an isolated event. Nine days later the largest riots in american history broke out on the streets. The most lethal urban riot in american history the new york city draft riots in july 1863 were not an isolated event. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for the devils own work.

The 1863 draft riots in new york city the bloodiest in the nations history emerge as a microcosm of the convoluted and contradictory politics of the civil war era in this absorbing study. Barnet schecter provides the most detailed narrative of the riots and also places them within the national context of the civil war and the local context of ethnic racial and political conflict during the decades from the 1840s to the 1870s. Other editions of this title. The civil war draft riots and the fight to reconstruct america.

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Walker 2002 rightly points out that the draft was only the spark that ignited an.