New-York Historical’s Chief Historian Valerie Paley and historian Harold Holzer discuss two items from Holzer’s book and New-York Historical's accompanying exhibition, The Civil War in 50 Objects. This episode features pivotal items from the 1863 Draft Riots in New York City: a draft wheel used in a lottery that touched off the riots and a scorched bible rescued from the Colored Orphan Asylum, which was attacked and burned down by a white mob.
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The History Hour, Episode Three: New York Ablaze─The 1863 Draft Riots
46 minutes
