Results for subject term "Peoples--African Americans"

Results for subject term "Peoples--African Americans": 12

Draft Riots, July 1863

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

The New York City Draft Riots took place between July 13 and July 16 of 1863. The violent insurrection was a reaction to conscription into military service during the Civil War. African Americans became the target of the rioters' anger and an...

Tags: African-Americans / Blacks, Atlantic Basin, Atlantic Docks, Imlay Street, riots, women

Subjects: Peoples--African Americans, Atlantic Basin

Seabring Mill later known as Luquer Mills

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

The landscape of Red Hook has been dramatically changed by people at least twice in its history. Starting in a major way around 1830, marshland was filled in to make solid land, and the coast line was modified to better suit boats. Nearly...

Tags: African-Americans / Blacks, Cole's Mill, Dutch, Gowanus Canal, marshes, mill, Ratzer's Map, Seabring Mill, Smith Street, tide mill

Subjects: Peoples--Dutch, Peoples--African Americans