[OttawaFreeper]

Regarding the New York City riots in 1863, those were very anti-black in sentiment because New York City depended a great deal from the cotton and other trades from the South which involved slavery. Therefore, many there wanted slavery kept in place as not to interfere with such business as well as also not wanting freed blacks coming to New York City and taking labour jobs from the many Irish immigrants living there. Democrat Tammany Hall politicians also wanted to separate New York City from the abolitionist state government in Albany, as well as being very much opposed to Lincoln on that front.

[kearnyirish2]

Poor Irish immigrants were being conscripted to fight a war in which blacks weren’t being conscripted.

[wbarmy]

Democrat Tammany Hall politicians also wanted to separate New York City from the abolitionist state government

Too bad they were not successful! New York city as its own state, with a conservative New York state to the north of them.

[IrishBrigade]

‘...not wanting freed blacks coming to New York City and taking labour jobs from the many Irish immigrants living there.’

yes, but you completely left out the ‘draft riot’ part of it; Irish were being drafted into the Union armies, and their families were bereft of support...the fact that freed blacks were not subject to the draft is what triggered the riots...