They spark the interest for people to go back and do a bit of research on the subject. I didn't know Bill The Butcher was inspired by a real life person as well, until I saw a documentary on how accurate the Gangs of New York film was compared to history.Īs for the draft riots, I was pretty clueless about that too until I saw the film. Heya Music and rt 45, great to have you join the conversation and thanks for the comment. Without the learning of the brutality of our very nature our society would not be where it is today and as that is said, our learning and understanding continues today and is constantly changing for the betterment of societies around the world everyday.!! What we learn from this brutality of our very nature also allows us to understand, grow and learn to change for the better of our civilization and society as a whole. As with anything growth and development causes pain and at times turmoil from those who wish to resist the changes and these changes can be very violent and brutal to those being affected the most. What most people don't know is that throughout the history of the United States there are many incidents of this nature that has taken place to mold and shape this great country into what it is and stands as a symbol for today. I'm working on a research paper and would like to cite some of the information contained in your article. Just watching gangs of New York and this information is really interesting thank you The Bowery Boys retaliated, and this led to a large-scale riot that waged back and forth on Bayard Street between Bowery and Mulberry street. The famous Dead Rabbits Riots started on July 4, 1857, when the gang raided and destroyed the headquarters of the Bowery Boys at 26 Bowery Street. The two gangs constantly fought each other, but also aligned against gangs like the Bowery Boys and the Natives. When members of the Roach Guards defected to form the Dead Rabbits, they replaced the blue stripe with a red stripe. The Roach Guards were known for their fighting uniforms which had a blue stripe on their pantaloons. The gang would soon begin committing robbery and murder. The Dead Rabbits were originally part of the Roach Guards, an Irish street gang in the Five Points formed during the early 19th century to protect the liquor merchants of the area. One tale is of an American journalist at the time misunderstanding of the Irish word ráibéad, meaning "man to be feared." "Dead" was a slang intensifier meaning "very." Since the phonetic sounds were similar, the press dubbed the gang the Dead Rabbits. There are many tales of how the Dead Rabbits received their name. The movie also featured one of the most powerful and prominent Irish gangs in the Five Points during the 1850s: the Dead Rabbits! Gangs such as the Bowery Boys, the Broadway Boys, and the 40 Thieves were all real gangs mentioned in Gangs of New York.
It was not uncommon for rival fire companies to duke it out for the privilege of putting out a fire while a home or building burned down. Cash rewards were given out by insurance companies to the first fire company on the scene, and the second company on the scene got less. The Plug Uglies got their name by putting a wooden barrel over a fireplug and guarded it so rival fire departments could not use it to put out the fire. While many of the characters in Gangs of New York are based off real people, others were combined from multiple sources or made up altogether.ĭid you know that firefighters back in the day were a gang? Because the threat of fire burning New York to ashes was a major concern, and since there were no city or state-funded fire departments, many citizens volunteered as firemen and gangs formed around various firehouses and companies. While there was certainly lawlessness and violence in the city of New York, the Five Points area was no more violent than any other part of the city. Historian Tyler Anbinder worked with Scorsese while he was making the film and dispelled many of the inaccuracies in the book. However, much of the violence in the movie and particularly in Ashbury's book was exaggerated.
While Scorsese took some artistic liberties, much of the history depicted in the film is based on historical characters and attitudes of the time. These Gangs of New York quotes will contain racial slurs used to illustrate the attitudes of Americans towards the Irish immigrants of that time. Speaking of warnings, I will be using quotes from the movie, and some of them contain very rough language. History always shows we are not that far from the past.
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