Category Archives: 1850s

Plug Uglies: The Gang with Their Own City

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Nick Dupree (Yesteeyear.com, 4/11/2012) “…The Plug Uglies grew and grew to be the most powerful and feared club of nativist thugs in history, the term “plug ugly” itself becoming genericized to mean any such stovepipe hat-wearing street tough. While … Continue reading →

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Awl-Mighty Mobs

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Brennen Jensen (Baltimore City Paper, 10/28/1998) On Nov. 3, Baltimoreans (well, about half of them anyway) will march to the polls to vote. Public schools will be closed and the evening’s sitcoms will be interrupted as the results trickle … Continue reading →

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“Disagreeable” Child Corpses Stink Up Baltimore Streets in the 1850s

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(The Baltimore Sun, 8/21/1850) “Disagreeable. — The practice of conveying to the grave, in carriages, the bodies of deceased children, is provoking the censure of many ministers of this city. They say that in many instances the smell of the … Continue reading →

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