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| Founding location | Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Years active | 1850s-1870 |
| Territory | Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Ethnicity | Non-Irish American |
| Membership (est.) | ? |
| Criminal activities | street fighting, knife fighting assault, murder, robbery, arson, rioting, election fraud |
| Allies | Plug Uglies, Rip Raps, Nativists, Dead Rabbits |
| Rivals | Baltimore Irish gangs |
The Bloody Tubs or Blood Tubs were a 19th-century gang of opportunistic street thugs in Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] who worked primarily for Nativist Know Nothing politicians to commit election fraud.[2]
- ^ The Gangs of Philadelphia, Discoveries from the (Philadelphia) City Archives, PhillyHistory.org. By Ken Finkel. February 10, 2016
- ^ Jensen, B. (1998). "Awl-Mighty Mobs" Archived February 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. The City Paper Online. Retrieved December 4, 2006.