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