Flying Horses riot Part of mass racial violence in the United States
Date
August 12–14, 1834
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Casualties
Death(s)
2
Arrested
60
The 1834 Philadelphia race riot, also known as the Flying Horses riot,[1][2] was an instance of communal violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The riot, in which a mob of several hundred white people attacked African Americans living in the area, began on the evening of August 12 and lasted for several days, dying down by August 14.
^Fischer 2022, p. 263.
^Stanfield 2022, p. 92.
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