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Plug Uglies: The Gang with Their Own City
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
Posted in 1840s, 1850s, Baltimore Babylon, Baltimorons, Crime, Deaths, Edgar Allan Poe
Tagged blood tubs, cooping, mobtown, plug uglies
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Awl-Mighty Mobs
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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Tagged baltimore city paper, blood tubs, brennen jensen, mobtown, plug uglies
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“The Flight of Abraham” (Lincoln), March 9th, 1861
By the International Team of Comics Historians (1.) THE ALARM. “On Thursday night, after he had retired, Mr. Lincoln was aroused, and informed that a stranger desired to see him on a matter of life and death. A conversation elicited … Continue reading
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