Good thread!
There's a book on the New York Draft Riots called "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863". An excerpt of the book has been published here: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
let's not forget the New York Draft Riots during the Civil War...the movie Gangs of New York is the only thing I've seen touch on them, but that was watered down...The New York Draft riots were absolutely horrific as the anti-Lincoln northerners hunted any black person in the streets and dismembered their bodies...this is the type of stuff I read and write about all the time...I've had to develop a shield around my heart so I could continue my work on the subject
There's a book on the New York Draft Riots called "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863". An excerpt of the book has been published here: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863