The Baltimore bank riot of 1835 was a reaction against several bank directors who tried to earn money by investing the depositor's life savings in the Union Bank of Maryland. When this was unsuccessful and the bank closed, the directors pulled out and threatened the savings which had been converted to credit. It was one of the most violent and destructive riots in any antebellum American city. Rioters destroyed many of the homes of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens, and possessions were thrown into bonfires. The authorities surrendered the city to mobs supported by thousands of bystanders.
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