: Often volunteer firemen by day, street brawlers by night. The Irish Immigrants (The Dead Rabbits) Context : Fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland.
📍 : The chaos of Old New York was the painful "birth" of the modern American melting pot. subtitle Gangs of New York
: Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, and fiercely patriotic. : Often volunteer firemen by day, street brawlers by night
The friction between classes and races exploded during the Civil War. The allowed the wealthy to buy their way out of the draft for $300, infuriating the poor Irish community. : Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, and fiercely patriotic
The "Five Points" was a notorious slum formed by the intersection of Anthony, Orange, and Cross streets. It was the most densely populated and dangerous area in the world at the time. : Families crammed into rotting tenements.
: Built on gambling, prostitution, and underground fighting.
The 1850s and 1860s in lower Manhattan were defined by a brutal collision of , immigration , and political corruption . While Martin Scorsese’s 2002 film brought this era to the screen, the real history of the Five Points neighborhood was often even more chaotic. The Epicenter: Five Points