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The New York City Draft Rioters loot, vandalize and burn the Colored Orphan Asylum.
This is a print from a wood engraving that was in the August 1st, 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly magazine. During the New York City draft riots, a group of rioters looted, vandalized and set the Colored Orphan's Asylum (an orphanage for black…
Charge of the Police at the Tribune Office
This black and white etching appeared in the New York newspapers to give readers a sense of what the draft riots were like. A crowd of several hundred rioters attempted to enter and vandalize the newspaper office of notorious Republican editor's New…