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Hanging Henry Gambrill: The Violent Career of Baltimore's ...
"Examines the rise and fall of nativist political violence in 1850s Baltimore, by exploring the connections between organized gangs, volunteer firemen, and political figures.
Tracy Matthew Melton, 2005
At their rowdiest, they were problems of public order, apt to organize gangs, such
as New York's Bowery Boys, Philadelphia's Dead Rabbits, and Baltimore's Plug
Uglies, to participate in riots, to patronize groggeries and "tiger dens," and to ...
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Media Democracy Deferred: The Postwar Settlement for U.S. ...
Opposition to “Singing Commercials” and “Plug-Uglies” In 1942 a Reader 's
Digest article titled “Radio's Plug-Uglies” presented its 7 million recipients with
embarrassing transcripts from typical radio advertisements about bodily functions
and ...
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Articles on Gangs in Maryland, Including:
Plug Uglies, ...
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Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in ...
The Plug Uglies were a group who acted as a street gang on the west side of
Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 until 1860. They made a show of force around
elections, and as a result, it was important for politicians to get their support to
prevent ...
Steven Laurence Danver, 2011
On the other hand, the Plug Uglies—an even rowdier group of men who fill their
top hats with wood and leather they pull around their ears so they can use their
heads as battering rams during street fights—feared Bill and his gang so much ...
Michael V C Alexander, 2013
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Tall Tale America: A Legendary History of Our Humorous Heroes
As I've said, for one thing, the Boys had to keep the Plug Uglies in order. The
Plug Uglies were a Five Points Gang that hung out over on Paradise Square.
They got their name because they were ugly as sin and because they wore those
huge ...
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Baseball: A History of America's Game
Albert Spalding, in a secondhand report, described the Atlantics fans as “utterly
uncontrollable . . . thugs, gamblers, thieves, plug-uglies and rioters.” The cause of
the disorder, according to the Clipper, was “the spirit of faction . . . in which the ...
9
Wicked Baltimore: Charm City Sin and Scandal
Perhaps the most notorious gang of Know-Nothings in Baltimore was called the
Plug Uglies. In 1857, the Washington Star called it “as pestilent and scrofulous a
brood of scoundrels as hell itself could vomit from its vilestcrater.”93 Growing out
...
Lauren R. Silberman, 2011
After taking another look to make sure none of the Plug Uglies are on the street,
Maks jumps from where they are, races 'cross to the opposite curb. Willa's right at
his heels. As they start downtown again, Maks keeps an eye on the saloon in ...
