New York: City of Riots
From the 1830s onward, riots became increasingly violent in New York City, as tensions between ethnic and religious groups intensified and economic depressions caused high levels of unemployment. That violence would reach its apex with the 1863 draft riots, but there were many other events between then and turn of the 19th century that would inflame the city.
From the 1830s onward, riots became increasingly violent in New York City, as tensions between ethnic and religious groups intensified and economic depressions caused high levels of unemployment. That violence would reach its apex with the 1863 draft riots, but there were many other events between then and turn of the 19th century that would inflame the city.
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