Baltimore riots

Baltimore riots

Baltimore riots can refer to several incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland's history. It generally refers to the Baltimore Riot of 1861 (also known as the Pratt Street Riot), where a mob of Confederate sympathizers attacked Union troops transferring through the town in some of the first bloodshed of the American Civil War. It may also refer to:

* 1807 - Baltimore doctors' riots
* 1835 - Baltimore Anti-bank riot
* 1857 - Baltimore Election riot of 1857
* 1858 - Baltimore Election riot of 1858
* 1859 - Baltimore Election riot of 1859
* 1861 - Baltimore riot of 1861, a riot by a Confederate-sympathetic mob against Union troops
* 1968 - Baltimore riot of 1968, a riot in response to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

ee also

* Baltimore, Maryland
* List of riots


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