New York Draft Riots

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
right
gptkbp:aftermath changes to draft law
increased racial tensions in New York City
military presence in New York City increased
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 Draft Riots
gptkbp:injuries over 2000
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Harper's_Weekly
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:relatedTo gptkb:African-American
gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkb:Conscription_Act
Irish immigrants
gptkbp:result deaths and injuries
significant property damage
Suppression by federal troops
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:Five_Points
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6