In New York City, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abolitionist_riots_(1834)" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anti-abolitionist riots (1834)">four nights of rioting</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abolitionism in the United States">abolitionists</a> began.