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1862 Brooklyn riot

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A riot occurred in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, on August 4, 1862. It involved a group of White Americans, largely consisting of Irish Americans, targeting a group of about 20 African American workers at a tobacco factory on Sedgwick Street. Police were able to quell the rioting with only some minor injuries and property damage.

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