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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.
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 ...
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.
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]
1844: Philadelphia Nativist Riots (May 6–8 and July 5–8), Philadelphia; 1844: Brooklyn riot, occurred on April 4 between nativists and Irish immigrants. [49] 1846: Nativist riot, (Boston, Massachusetts) [45] 1849: Astor Place riot, between immigrants and nativists; 1851: Hoboken anti-German riot; 1853: Cincinnati riot of 1853 (Cincinnati ...
In 1838, the church was designated as Philadelphia's Proto-Cathedral and the bishop took up residence in the rectory. [The previous cathedral, from 1810 to 1838, was Old St. Mary's Church at 4th and Locust Streets.] In 1844 the Nativist Riots, in which several dozen people were killed, broke out.
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Philadelphia nativist riots; 1834 Philadelphia race riot; R. Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer This page was last edited on 19 September 2023 ...