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title: "Post #130412646363"
date: 2015-10-03 17:13:16 +00
tags: tumblr
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[historical-nonfiction](http://historical-nonfiction.tumblr.com/post/130400215903/altereddegree-historical-nonfiction-the-new):

> [altereddegree](http://altereddegree.tumblr.com/post/130399415240):
> 
> > [historical-nonfiction](http://historical-nonfiction.tumblr.com/post/130397498073):
> > 
> > > The New York City draft riots, protesting the Union Army draft, remain the largest civil and racial insurrection in American history aside from the American Civil War itself.
> > 
> > I read this as New York residents rioted to try to avoid fighting for the Union army
> 
> Which is exactly what happened. It was a poor man’s fight and a rich man’s war, because you could pay a certain amount and have a substitute sent in your place. The poor of New York City rioted in protest of being sent to fight a war they didn’t want, and of the rich who supported the war not having to fight it.

October 3rd, 2015 10:13am