The article The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 is an article which tells about the riots that took place in New York city at the beginning of the civil war. The Emancipation Proclamations “led to anxiety among New York's white proslavery supporters of the Democratic Party, particularly the Irish.”. The anger felt by those against the emancipation and others was fuel by “a stricter federal draft law”. People did not support that being drafted was optional males between ages 20 to 35 and unmarried 35 to 45 were subject to military duty. What anger the Irish the most was that those who could afford to hire a substitute or pay 300 dollars to enlistment, and because blacks were not citizens they were exempt from the draft. These laws were viewed
