Category Archives: Week 6: Ethnic Conflict and the Irish Saloon

The Dead Rabbit Riot was a gang fight in 1857 between the Dead Rabbits, comprised mostly of Catholic Irish-American men, and the Bowery Boys, who were made up mostly of nativistic American-borns. Taking place around the Fourth of July holiday, … Continue reading →

The Astor Place Riots / Dead Rabbits Riot were seen as the first time urban immigrants and the “Nativists” (the anti-immigrants) physically went against one another. The “Nativists” were fueled through anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment brought on by the political … Continue reading →

The Dead Rabbits riot was a conflict in New York City among the gangs: the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys. It was a battle between the Irish American Immigrants and the anti-Irish and anti-Catholic Americans. These gangs could not be … Continue reading →

New York in the nineteenth century was marked by various politicians of Tammany Hall controlling the voting populace and political candidates. They consolidated power through the manipulation and ownership of saloons, which were typically run by German and Irish immigrants. … Continue reading →

The Astor Place Riots is regarded as the first real clash between urban immigrants and the so called nativists, an anti-immigrant group known as the American Party. In 1830-1860 there was a wave of Irish and German Catholic immigration into … Continue reading →

The Dead Rabbits Riot was between the Nativists, people who feared immigration, and the immigrants, predominantly people of German and Irish descent. The Nativists allied themselves with the Bowery Boys and the immigrants allied themselves with the Dead Rabbits. The … Continue reading →

The Dead Rabbits riot boiled down to a fight that has been seen often in history and one that we will continue to see. It was between Nativists (people who feared immigrants entering America) and immigrants (of the Irish and … Continue reading →

The Dead Rabbits riot was a manifestation of the tension building in New York City and other major urban centers between immigrant-fearing Nativists and recently arrived German and Irish immigrants.  Hundreds of members of both groups organized themselves into gangs … Continue reading →

Before illustrating the Dead Rabbits Riot itself, Abinger takes into consideration the multiple elements that lead to a gradual escalation of indignation amongst Irish-American immigrants among them nativist movements, prohibition laws, and an overall erratic political climate ripe for discord … Continue reading →

The cause of the riot was between two gangs: the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys. Their disputes root back Fernando Wood. Wood was affiliated with Tammany Hall, a political machine, and had much power over many groups, people, and … Continue reading →