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jul 11, 1863 - NY City Draft Riots

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The New York City draft riots, known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.

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jul 11, 1863
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~ 162 years ago