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bullbaiting,

17th-century amusement, particularly popular in England, in which trained dogs (bulldogs) attacked a tethered bull. Bullbaiting, along with bullrunning (in which the bull was run down and killed by humans), bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, was prohibited in Great Britain by an act of Parliament in 1835.

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some that it was a Biblical repute The last time bullbaiting took place seems to have been early in October, 1838.

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Prohibitions of bearbaiting, bullbaiting, and cockfighting went onto the books in the year of Victoria's accession to the throne, but it is not clear when they were actually enforced; dogfights continued to be staged beyond midcentury in the Potteries (Greenslade 141; Warrillow, Sociological History 141).

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The public street, well into the 18th century, was the favorite place for adult play: football, wrestling, ninepins, shovel board, bear- and bullbaiting, cockfighting, and meetings of friends took place in crowded streets and alleys and open places.

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Lots of things were illegal in 19th-century Birmingham: prize-fighting, bullbaiting, gambling, dog-fighting, the list is endless.