The reason why the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision made Black Abolitionists take more direct action against slavery because it meant that those who escaped slavery were at risk of being taken back.
<h3>How did Abolitionists react to the Fugitive slave law?</h3><h3 />
When the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, Black Abolitionists were outraged because it meant that people who escaped slavery in the South, could be captured from the North and taken back to slavery.
This was also the case with the Dred Scott decision which ruled that Black people could not sue for their freedom. Black Abolitionists then engaged in more direct action against slavery to ensure that people who escaped slavery would be free forever.
The main reason for rapid growth of labor unions in the late 1800s was the Industrial Revolution, which brought an unprecedented amount of workers into dangerous factory conditions.
