Fernando Wood
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Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: The Police Riots of 1857
Police riot, they want a riot, police riot, a riot of their own! Why should civilians have all the fun?
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Today in NYC History: President-Elect Abraham Lincoln Comes To Town in 1861
Abraham Lincoln and New York City will always be linked by Lincoln’s legendary speech at Cooper Union in 1860
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On This Day in NYC History, January 7th, 1861: A Motion for Manhattan to Secede from the Union
Yes, you read that correctly. The mayor of New York City in the 1860s, Fernando Wood, supported slavery in the
