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19th-century political riots | HearLore
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19th-century political riots
Baltimore riot of 1861In 1861, many Baltimoreans did not support a violent conflict with their southern neighbors and some of them strongly sympathized with the Southern cause.
New York City draft riotsBy 1822, nearly half of New York City's exports were cotton shipments. This economic dependence on the South created a deep divide within the city before the…