After leaving the Bowery Theatre, amid the destruction in the final days of the 1834 Anti-Abolition Riot, the mob reached Arthur Tappan’s home, but he and his family had already fled. To keep the fun going, the mob tore his house down, board by board, then burned his furniture in the street. On July 10, 1834, the mobs targeted Tappan’s store, the homes of suspected abolitionists, and churches.