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New York City draft riots: Revision history


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  • curprev 17:1317:13, 14 October 2024 Motormanmark talk contribs 56,448 bytes −50 "Initially intended to express anger at the draft," is unsupported. Please consult a source that discusses planning for the riot, if a case can be made that there was planning, and it did not occur spontaneously. undo
  • curprev 17:0917:09, 14 October 2024 Motormanmark talk contribs 56,498 bytes −1,445 The idea that the rioters were motivated by their resentfulness over the unfairness of the $300 commutation fee is unsupported by the source offered. Further, it is more likely they were trying to stop the draft because they did not want to serve, because they were simply hateful of Blacks and abolitionists and wanted to kill them all. NYC was full of Confederate sympathizers, also, at the time, which is likely more significant than the $300 exemption. undo
  • curprev 16:3116:31, 14 October 2024 Motormanmark talk contribs 57,943 bytes −174 "The Irish resented the fact that free black men were paid more than them and did not need to fear being drafted, whereas the Irish could only avoid the draft by paying $300. " Claim is unsourced. It is also not clear: how were Blacks paid more than Whites? As soldiers?? The $300 claim has already been stated in the article. not undo

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