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>> jefferson davis isn't 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 ain't going to war for no negro. >> not for no negro, we're not. >> you're 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 new york, black men and women became symbols of the anger and the frustration of the draft. >> in ...

>> jefferson davis isn't 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 ain't going to war for no negro. >> not for no negro, we're not. >> you're 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 new york, black men and women became symbols of the anger and the frustration of the draft. >> in ...