New York City Draft Riots of 1863

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And on the following Monday, July 13, 1863, between 6 and 7 A.M., the five days of chaos that came to be known as the Civil War Draft Riots, commenced. The rioters started with attacks on things that basically represented the unfairness of the draft and lottery itself...
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So therefore they initially started with government buildings or such things that represented authority that forced them into the war. But it did not take long for them to realize the other unfairness of the draft and the loophole which was the black community...
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