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The Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place on May 6—8 and July 6—7, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and the adjacent districts of Kensington and Southwark.
The term Know-Nothing Riot has been used to refer to a number of political uprisings of the Know Nothing Party in the United States of the mid-19th century. These anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic protests culminated into riots in Philadelphia in 1844; St. Louis in 1854, Cincinnati and Louisville in 1855; Baltimore in 1856; Washington, D.C., and New York City in 1857; and New Orleans in 1858.
Pennsylvania Hall riot, an 1838 riot where a venue was attacked by anti-abolitionists; Lombard Street riot, an 1842 riot where black freemen were attacked by an Irish Catholic mob; Philadelphia nativist riots, in May and June 1844, against Irish Catholic immigrants; Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer, a series of riots ...
1842 – Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphia; 1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842; 1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, May 6–8, July 6–7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic) 1845 – Milwaukee Bridge War; 1849 – Astor Place riot, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)
Philadelphia Election Riot (1742) Lombard Street Riot (1842) – Three-day race riot. Philadelphia Nativist Riots (1844) The Schuylkill Rangers – (mid-1800s) criminal gang – see Jimmy Haggerty; Kidnapping of Charley Ross (1874). Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer (1919) - Incidents in May and July. 5 dead.
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Today marks 39 years since Philadelphia police bombed the MOVE home, which left 11 members of the Black Liberation group dead, 61 homes destroyed, and over 250 people homeless.
Despite some initial success of the party, it lost public support following the Philadelphia nativist riots of 1844 during which American Republican Party members were involved in burning down two Catholic churches. [2] Its founders included Lewis Charles Levin, Samuel Kramer, "General" Peter Sken Smith, James Wallace, and John Gitron. [4]