The narrative from Knightime has helped expand my knowledge and insight into the Battle of Gettysburg and the New York draft riots because in pervious schooling, teachers did not go into detail about the New York draft riots. In chapter six it says, “The wealthy were among the easy targets of the frustrated or callous rioters…. But the easiest targets was the black population. Section of town and color easily identified them. Tradition and practice had not accustomed them to fighting back”. While it was easy for the rioters to attack the wealthy people because they could buy their way out of the draft. It was easier for them to attack the black people, they were easier to identify and unlike the wealthy white people the black people did not
