Memphis riots of 1866 - Wikipedia
Irish residents
Prior to the war, Irish immigrants had constituted a major wave of newcomers to the city: ethnic Irish made up 9.9 percent of the population in 1850 when there were 8,841 people in the city.
[8] The population expanded at a rapid rate by 1860 to 22,623,
[8] and the Irish constituted 23.2 percent.
[14][15][16] They encountered considerable discrimination, but by 1860, they occupied most positions in the police force and had gained many elected and patronage positions in city government, including the mayor's office.
[17] But the Irish also competed with free black people for lower-class jobs rejected by white people, contributing to animosity between the two groups
[7] (similar animosity between working class white people, including Irish immigrants, and free black people competing for jobs were among the causes of acts of violence in the North, also, including the 1863
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