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Norfolk shipped 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans before the Civil War. Now an effort is underway to document the forgotten history. - Daily Press
Norfolk shipped 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans before the Civil War. ... Feb. 11, 2022, in Norfolk, Va ... Northup was a Black man born free in New York.
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The New York draft riots of 1863 - The Washington Post
July 13, 1863, dawned a miserable hot, muggy morning in New York. Inside a four-story building at 677 Third Ave., military officers were moving ahead with the nation’s first draft, authorized by ...
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The Civil War Draft Riots Brought Terror to New York’s Streets - Smithsonian Magazine
The first time the United States held a military draft, in 1863, it did not go well for the people of New York. Fear and racism, whipped up by politicians and journalists, brought thousands of ...
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In 1863, this New Orleans man made history. It cost him his life
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, In 1863 ...
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Civil War: May 1863 marks deaths of Stonewall Jackson, many Springfield area soldiers; 54th African American regiment leaves Boston for war - MassLive
Civil War: May 1863 marks deaths of Stonewall Jackson, ... Local regiments were scattered from New Orleans, ... the Tenth was temporarily relieved by the 122nd New York, ...