n Americans were determined to abolish slavery, during the 1840's
             black abolitionists developed a variety of strategies for abolishing slavery. The Fugitive
             Slave Act of 1850 increased the black's hopes of putting an end to slavery. Many violent
             conflicts occurred when slaves tried to escape, and armed blacks tried to protect them.
             Resistance against slavery in Boston was so strong that 2000 soldiers had to escort
             Anthony Burns, an escaped slave, to a ship that returned him to the South, in 1854.
             Another incident in 1857 further angered blacks, the Dred Scott case, which ruled that
             blacks were not considered U.S. citizens.
             Blacks faced many challenges in their fight for equality, such as the Ku Klux
             Klan, and other laws and acts that were passed that took c
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