jan 1, 1829 - Cincinnati Race riot

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There has been a long history of rioting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, since the city was founded in 1788. Some riots were fueled by racial tension, while others by issues such as employment conditions and political justice.

In the Cincinnati Riots of 1829, about 1,000 African Americans were driven out of the town by violent mobs. Some of the displaced people moved north to settle in Canada. After the 1829 riots, a growing number of whites became sympathetic to the rights of Negroes, as they were called then.

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