A area that was infamous for criminal activity in the nineteenth century. Located in manhattan the five points was home for some of the united stated most notorious street gangs. Known mainly for fighting the gangs could be hired for only twenty-five dollars to stab whoever the intended victim might have been. The most well known games were the dead rabbits, the bowery boys and the whyos. The dead rabbits was a predominantly irish gang who fought brutally against natives ( people who were born citizens) in defense of irish immigrants during the time of the know nothings. The bowery boys were made up of mostly natives. They were strongly anti-catholic and anti-immigrant and were known to fight those that disagreeded with them. The whyos gang were accepting of only the most violent of people. It is said that in order to become a full whyo that you had to commit murder. The gangs sometimes joined forces in order to riot the civil war drafts. The movie gangs of new york was based off of a two day street brawl between the dead rabbits and the natives.
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