Draft Riots

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The Draft Riots were violent civil disturbances in New York City in 1863, sparked by anger over the Union Army draft during the American Civil War and marked by deadly racial and class-based attacks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disturbance
historical event
riot
alsoKnownAs Draft Riots
surface form: New York City Draft Riots

Draft Riots
surface form: New York Draft Riots
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource Civil War histories
U.S. government reports
contemporary newspaper accounts
endDate 1863-07-16
hasCause Copperhead agitation in New York City
ability of wealthy men to pay for draft substitutes
anger over conscription laws
class tensions
fear of job competition from Black workers
introduction of the Union Army draft
political opposition to the Lincoln administration
racial tensions
hasEffect changes in enforcement of the draft in New York City
heightened tensions between Irish and Black communities
increased racial segregation in New York City
political pressure on the Lincoln administration over conscription
locatedIn New York
surface form: New York (state)
location New York City
mainTarget African American residents of New York City
Black-owned businesses
Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party supporters

government and military facilities
wealthy citizens perceived as draft evaders
notableAttack burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum on Fifth Avenue
numberOfDeaths at least several dozen African Americans
over 100
numberOfInjured hundreds
opposedBy New York City Police Department
New York militia
surface form: New York State Militia

Union Army
partOf home front unrest during the American Civil War
perpetrator largely Irish American laborers
white working-class mobs
pointInTime July 1863
result long-term decline of the Black population in parts of Manhattan
significant property damage in New York City
suppression of the riots by Union troops
significantPlace Lower Manhattan
Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
startDate 1863-07-13
timePeriod 19th century

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Gangs of New York depicts Draft Riots
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln significantEvent Draft Riots
this entity surface form: New York City draft riots
Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York associatedEvent Draft Riots
subject surface form: Bill the Butcher
this entity surface form: New York Draft Riots (fictionalized depiction)
Five Points, Manhattan associatedWithEvent Draft Riots
this entity surface form: New York City Draft Riots
Draft Riots alsoKnownAs Draft Riots
this entity surface form: New York City Draft Riots
Draft Riots alsoKnownAs Draft Riots
this entity surface form: New York Draft Riots