Plug Uglies
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The Plug Uglies were an American Nativist criminal street gang, sometimes referred to loosely as a political club, that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865. The term pl
The Plug Uglies were notorious for being instigators of many Nativist riots in Baltimore from 1854–1865.
Dead Rabbits
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The Dead Rabbits were an Irish American criminal street gang active in Lower Manhattan in the 1830s to 1850s. The Dead Rabbits were so named after a dead rabbit was thrown into the center of the room
Plug Uglies
…City as well as Philadelphia. The Plug Uglies took part in the 1856 Baltimore Know-Nothing Riot. They allied themselves with the New York City Irish Dead Rabbits gang in looting New York City during the American Civil War in the Draft Riots of 1863. However, this latter alleged association is disputed, as the…
Dead Rabbit holding a brickbat as a weapon in July 1857
A view of the fight between the two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Bowery during the Dead Rabbits Riot of 1857.
George Henry Hall, artist painting A Dead Rabbit, 1858; also called Study of the Nude or Study of an Irishman.