Long Bridge Boys

The Long Bridge Boys were one of two early gangs formed in New York that participated in the Conspiracy of 1741.[1] Their name either came from the Coffee House Bridge near the end of Wall Street, or the bridge at the foot of Broad Street over the sewer.[2]

According to the testimony of Adolphus Philipse's slave Cuffee, the Long Bridge Boys controlled the west-side of New York City while the Fly Boys controlled the east.[3] Historian Leopold S. Launitz-Schurer believed the gang was organized by John Hughson and was modeled after the previous Geneva Club and the Freemasons.[4]

Citations

1. Burrows & Wallace 1998, p. 164.
2. Foster 1990, p. 84.
3. Horsmanden 1971, p. 82.
4. Launitz-Schurer 1980, p. 143.

Sources

• Burrows, Edwin G.; Wallace, Mike (19 November 1998). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974120-5. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
• Foster, Herbert L. (1990). Ribbin', Jivin', and Playin' the Dozens: The Persistent Dilemma in Our Schools. Herbert Foster. ISBN 978-0-9624847-0-4. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
• Horsmanden, Daniel (1971). Davis, Thomas J. (ed.). The New York conspiracy. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-5436-9. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
• Launitz-Schurer, Leopold S. (1980). "Slave Resistance in Colonial New York: An Interpretation of Daniel Horsmanden's New York Conspiracy". Phylon. 41 (2). Clark Atlanta University: 137–152. doi:10.2307/274967. JSTOR 274967. Retrieved 14 August 2023.