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sofia
04-25-2010, 09:08 PM
cant blame them for rioting against St. Abraham's draft.

The ugliest part of this was the racial resentment that Lincoln stirred up by marketing the war as a crusade to free the blacks (which it wasnt)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Draft_Riots

JeNNiF00F00
04-25-2010, 10:03 PM
Did you watch Gangs of NY last night? :P