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An 10 page research paper that describes, discusses and analyzes one of the bloodiest riots in the nation's history, which occurred in opposition to the draft that Lincoln instigated in the middle of the American Civil War. The writer argues that the causes leading up to the incident and the effects afterwards continued to be prevalent, affecting the politics, economics, and social structure of New York. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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and contradictory politics of the Civil War era" ("The Devils Own..." 60). While the carnage of the riots was brief, the causes leading up to the incident and the effects
afterwards continued to be prevalent, affecting the politics, economics, and social structure of New York. Furthermore, examination of the riots and their implications shows that this incident can be viewed
as "setting the stage for racial and labor conflict in the century to come" ("The Devils Own..." 60). While the term "riots" is used to describe the incidents in
July 1863, in many ways, this term seems insufficient to describe the ferocity that occurred. As one contemporary observed, "it was not so much a riot as a revolution, a
five-day pitched battle in the streets for control of the city itself, with the fate of the Union hanging in the balance" (Baker 17). Historians are generally in consensus that
the NYC draft riots constitute the "worst civil disturbance in our history," as 119 people died, millions of dollars were lost in destroyed property, and the city and country were
subjected to a demonstration of savagery that equaled or excelled any that was occurring on the Civil War battlefield (Baker 17). The Riots/Causes and Immediate Aftermath The rage
of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity. For example, they burned the citys Colored Orphans
Asylum to the ground, all the while "chanting Burn the niggers nest" (Baker 17). The mob caught and tortured one black state militia colonel for hours before finally killed him
and setting his corpse ablaze (Baker 17). The incidence of atrocities were numerous, with victims picked for no apparent reason other than their race. For example, a contemporary source indicates
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