Historians highlight the strong links among Nativism, white supremacy, and anti-abolitionism found in the 1834 Anti-Abolition Riots. The Five Points neighborhood was home to Irish Catholics who escaped the Great Famine. They experienced harsh poverty in the company of free Black people. To protect themselves, they formed major street gangs such as the Dead Rabbits, the Forty Thieves, and the Roach. Loyal to their Irish background, they acted as muscle for Tammany Hall’s Democ