The doctors' riot was an incident that occurred in April 1788 in New York City, where the illegal procurement of corpses from the graves of the recently deceased caused a mass expression of discontent from poorer New Yorkers that was directed primarily at physicians and medical students. == Background == By the end of the American Revolution, roughly one fifth of New York City's population was black, most of whom were slaves.
The doctors' riot was an incident that occurred in April 1788 in New York City, where the illegal procurement of corpses from the graves of the recently deceased caused a mass expression of discontent from poorer New Yorkers that was directed primarily at physicians and medical students. == Background == By the end of the American Revolution, roughly one fifth of New York City's population was black, most of whom were slaves.
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