A three-episode documentary film that tells the story of the individuals who fought to end slavery in the United States. Five people are highlighted: William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and...

Watch what happened when abolitionist activists Angelina Grimke and Theodore Weld married in Philadelphia in 1838. [2:49]

At this site from the History Channel, you can read about the famous people and places associated with the Underground Railroad, "the term used to describe a network of persons who helped escaped slaves on their way to freedom."