print email comment close New York City Draft Riots of 1863 URL: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html Description: This excerpt from the book "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863" discusses the July 1863 riots in New York City that followed the enactment of a new conscription lottery law. "Throughout the week of riots [known as the Civil War Draft Riots], mobs harassed and sometimes killed blacks and their supporters and destroyed their property." From the University of Chicago Press. Author: Harris, Leslie M. Publisher: University of Chicago Press Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History Black History Month Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 LII Database Information: Record 965 created by Maria Brandt on 06/20/2005 Last modification on 06/20/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 06/04/2006 Published: 06/20/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/965