HIS 104|US HISTORY 1 (HIS 104)

US HISTORY 1-UNIT 4-MILESTONE 4 1 Why did the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots emphasize that Peter Heuston's "wife died about three weeks before the riots, leaving with her husband an only child... aged eight years"? • They wanted rioters to take responsibility for the damage they caused by raising the children who were orphans because of the riots. • They wanted people to realize that racial minorities were already victims of oppressi...

US HISTORY 1-UNIT 4-MILESTONE 4 1 Why did the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots emphasize that Peter Heuston's "wife died about three weeks before the riots, leaving with her husband an only child... aged eight years"? • They wanted rioters to take responsibility for the damage they caused by raising the children who were orphans because of the riots. • They wanted people to realize that racial minorities were already victims of oppr...