New York City Draft Riots

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_York_City_Draft_Riots
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
right
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Conscription_Act_of_1863
racial tensions
resentment over draft
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1863-07-16
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New York City Draft Riots
gptkbp:injuries over 2000
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notableEvent attack on African American community
burning of Colored Orphan Asylum
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Horatio_Seymour
gptkb:John_Alexander_Kennedy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:African-American
government position
wealthy citizens
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkb:Conscription_Act
gptkbp:result Deaths and injuries
Suppression by federal troops
Significant property damage
gptkbp:significance largest civil and racial insurrection in American history outside of the Civil War
gptkbp:startDate 1863-07-13
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:New_York_State_Militia
gptkbp:victim at least 119
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conscription_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6