Anti-abolitionist violence

• 1833 National anti-slavery group established

• 1834 White mobs riot, rampage in two cities

• 1834-1837 Anti-abolition and racist violence surges

• 1835 Activists foil kidnappers, help fugitives to freedom

• 1835 Abolitionist women run gauntlet of Boston mob

• 1836-1837 Pro-slavery mobs kill abolitionist publishers

• 1837 Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition

• 1838 Mob torches hall after attacking abolitionists

• 1860 Abolitionist plot rumors spark deadly rampage

• 1860 Boston mob disrupts meeting to honor John Brown

• 1860 Wide Awake: The movement that helps Lincoln win

• 1861 Bloody clashes in Baltimore as Civil War starts