At one point during this event, the home of prison reform activist Abigail Gibbons was attacked.
At one point during this event, the home of prison reform activist Abigail Gibbons was attacked.During this event, volunteer troops were sent in from Fort Schuyler at Throgs Neck to restore order.Governor Horatio Seymour tried to stop it by telling a crowd that a certain law was unconstitutional. TheColored Orphan Asylum burned during this event, which did not affect the crime-filled Five Pointsneighborhood. It was keyed by a March law affecting all male citizens between ages 20 and 35, aside fromthose who could pay a $300 fee. For 10 points, name this July 1863 event that featured working-classwhites assaulting blacks in protest of Civil War military policies, and which significantly damaged areassuch as Broadway
At one point during this event, the home of prison reform activist Abigail Gibbons was attacked.
New York City Draft Riots [or Draft Week; accept synonyms for "riots"]