The document discusses the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad. It outlines key abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison who published the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Frederick Douglass who was an ex-slave and influential abolitionist speaker, and Sojourner Truth who was also an ex-slave and speaker against slavery. It also describes the Underground Railroad, a network that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North, with Harriet Tubman playing a pivotal role in helping large numbers reach freedom through this system.