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Why were there riots in New York against drafting?

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The New York Draft Riots occurred in July 1863, when the anger of working-class New Yorkers over a new federal draft law during the Civil War sparked five days of some of the bloodiest and most destructive rioting in U.S. history.

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The New York City draft riots were against drafting because of the racial backlash against the Emancipation Proclamation.

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