Talk:Southern bread riots

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This sentence (under "Richmond bread riots") links to a British statute from 1714, not the one the mayor would have read to a crowd in Virginia in 1863. Anyone know the correct referent here? Was there a Virginia Riot Act? Did it date from colonial law? -- ℜob C. alias ALAROB 19:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

From the first paragraph of that article: "Acts similar to the Riot Act passed into the laws of British colonies in Australia, Canada, and America, some of which remain today." There is more detail under the section Subsequent history of the Riot Act in the UK and colonies. 82.18.16.235 (talk) 06:41, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

With-out citation, the Economist (https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/05/23/politicians-have-long-told-the-poor-that-theyre-not-doing-poverty-right) says that J. Davis " flipped open his pocket watch and told a starving crowd (women, again) that they had five minutes to go back home." This is different from giving out all the money he had. Does any-one have good sources for what actually happened? Kdammers (talk) 17:58, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]