![]() ![]() Notable examples of slave rebellions (as well as white backlash to the perceived threat of them) in colonial New York include the New York Slave Revolt of 1712 and the New York Conspiracy of 1741.Īfter the early 1820s, however, gangs began to focus on criminal activity, one example being the Forty Thieves, which began in the late 1820s in the Five Points area. Slaves living in New York formed two paramilitary groups which could be seen as "gang" like, Smith's Fly Boys and the Long Bridge Boys. These early gangs were not exclusively engaged in criminal activity their members often were employed as common laborers. Of these were the Smiths's Vly gang, the Bowery Boys, and the Broadway Boys, all three of which were predominantly Irish immigrants. On the Lower East Side of New York, these immigrant groups formed into gangs in an area known as the Five Points. Three main immigrant groups entered the Northeast US via New York in the early 1800s: English, Irish, and German. ![]() View of fight between two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys, New York City, 1857 ![]()
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