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Astor Place Riot v2

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Uploaded by on May 7, 2008

A brief recount of the New York Astor Place Riot from May 1849.

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  • The Forrest-Macready conflict reflected a growing awareness of the class divisions the the U.S. prided itself on having avoided. Equality of opportunity was in short supply. The Astor Place Opera House also provides evidence that segregation by wealth and race would become a gulf by the end of the century.

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