Tag Archives: New York
Mad? Let’s Riot!
Bernstein, in the New York City Draft Riots, and the website are two sources of information explaining the Draft Riots. The Draft Riots took place in New York City during the Civil War, as angry protestors, primarily Irish, were opposed … Continue reading
Neutral vs Indepth Look at Slavery
In the website “Slavery in New York”, information about slavery is looked in a neutral manner. It looks at the occurrences in a historical point of view, without taking sides if it was positive or negative. To prove this manner, … Continue reading
Slavery in New York
Going through the online exhibit of Slavery in New York, I was expecting a long and throughout explanation for each picture. Especially since the slavery in New York were well documented (as we can see from Shane Whites piece Somewhat … Continue reading
sufferage
The website Slavery in New York focuses on what occured before slavery, what led up to it and what happended after. It was definitly more personal than the readings. It had actual letters from slaves, describing what they went through. … Continue reading
Give me Liberty, or I will Revolt!
The website starts off with mentioning the topic was on the abolishment of slavery in New York between 1600s -1827. I felt this was a misrepresentation of what was covered in our readings. While it is true that in the … Continue reading
No Wandering Around After Dark….
The image below is a picture taken from Tyler Anbinder’s Five Points. This is a primary source being that this was taken by someone at that moment witnessing whatever was occurring. This clearly is a reliable source because someone was … Continue reading
The Five Points of New York
Anbinder’s “Five Points” is a masterpiece at describing the five points of New York during the 1800’s. Although the five points were difficult in that many people were starving for food and thirst, it was a major point in New … Continue reading
The Five Points – Immigration O Immigration
Tyler Anbinder’s “Five Points” describes the city like never before. Illustrating the impact of immigrants on the five points of New York such as on China Town, Abinder is able to identify a declining New York; he is able to … Continue reading
New York Water
In 1741 the “Negro Plot”, it was a plot by town’s black population to poison the wells and burn the city. The panic and worried officials brought the trials and executed many innocent people. The result of this event brought … Continue reading
What’s that Smell?
Personal hygiene is clearly a strong issue in today’s society. However, during the 1830’s there was no such thing as being clean. In fact, how can the citizens expect to be well groomed if their city itself was not? There … Continue reading