THE NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS OF 1863
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Introduction and Thesis
Tensions Before the Draft
Social Tensions
Economic Tensions
Political Tensions
The Conscription Act
The Path of the Riots
Accounts of the Chaos
Reform and Responses
Conclusion
Annotated Bibliography
Lynching at Clarkson Street. Source: New York Public Library
Social Tensions
Attack on a drug store. Source: Harper's Weekly
Economic Tensions
Political comic titled "'Rowdy' Notions of Emancipation." Source: Harper's Weekly, Klingenstein Library
Political tensions
Introduction and Thesis
The Conscription Act