men fiddling and dancing and singing body songs kissing and using their hands in a very unseemly manner the idea of such goings-on offended sellers and many others who took action it got so bad a religious organization called the societies for reformation of manners regularly sent undercover agents to infiltrate and shut down any malay houses they could but those raids had devastating consequences for the men who were caught in the midst of the them houses were meant to provide refuge and safety for the malis but when police raided mali houses it could often end lives in a NUMBER_TOKEN raid reported in the british gazetteer the police raided jonathan muff's house near white chapel church jonathan also known as miss muff was apprehended along with nine other mali boys whom they referred to as male ladies after they were jailed different fates befell each two of them faced a whipping while two others were acquitted a fifth individual was fined one man thomas mitchell tried to take his own life while in prison thomas mitchell attempted to end his life in prison but the doctors prevented him from succeeding the british gazetteer wrote of mitchell he attempted and had near accomplished destroying himself in cutting the great artery of his left arm almost asunder but by the immediate help of some eminent surgeons he was preserved though at the point of death throw the great effusion of blood not much is known about the fate of the others eventually the death penalty part of the buggery act was eliminated in NUMBER_TOKEN. despite a tumultuous time in the early NUMBER_TOKENs houses began to reappear around NUMBER_TOKEN but eventually faded into british history so what do you think how much have societies changed let us know in the comments below and while you're at it check out some of these other videos from our weird history
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