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>> jefferson davis isnt alone in his need for more troops. davis and lincoln both institute drafts to fill their thinning ranks. but as draft notices go out, southerners desert, while northerners revolt, turning new york city into a war zone. [ all shouting ] >> i aint going to war for no negro. >> not for no negro, were not. >> youre the cause of all of our trouble! ♪ >> the draft riots was as much a class revolt as it was a race revolt. because of the large number of free blacks living in ne...

>> jefferson davis isnt alone in his need for more troops. davis and lincoln both institute drafts to fill their thinning ranks. but as draft notices go out, southerners desert, while northerners revolt, turning new york city into a war zone. [ all shouting ] >> i aint going to war for no negro. >> not for no negro, were not. >> youre the cause of all of our trouble! ♪ >> the draft riots was as much a class revolt as it was a race revolt. because of the large number of free blacks living in ne...