Nativist Riots of 1844
In May and July 1844, Philadelphia suffered some of the bloodiest rioting of the antebellum period, as anti-immigrant mobs attacked Irish-American homes and Roman Catholic churches before being suppressed by the ...
Zachary M. Schrag
Zachary M. Schrag is a professor of history at George Mason University. He is at work on a book about the 1844 riots.