Rioters attack African-American homes, New York City, July 1863, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/03/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 20, 2013

Depicted ContentRioters in New York City loot and burn the Colored Orphans' Asylum on Fifth Avenue

Depicted ContentIn New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Negro Quarters in Sullivan Street

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 1, 1863, p. 485.

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