"She joined an abolitionist community in Florence, Massachusetts shortly after leaving the Millerites, met some of the most famous abolitionists of the day there – including Frederick Douglass (l. c. 1818-1895) and William Lloyd Garrison (l. 1805-1879) – and delivered her first speech against slavery in front of a full audience. Garrison was especially impressed by Truth, as was another abolitionist, Olive Gilbert."