The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them

by Charles Loring Brace

CHAPTER II.

THE PROLETAIRES OF NEW YORK.

Not so Numerous as in London, but more Dangerous—Dens of Crime and Fever-nests—Advantage of Breaking them up—The Unrestrained Vices of this Class—Their Ignorance and Brutality—Dependence on Politicians—Gangs of Youthful Criminals—Similar Dangers here as in Paris—The Riots of 1863—Numbers of the Vagrant Class—Composition of this Dangerous Element………………………………….pp. 25-31