What does "the movement" refer to?

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Elizabeth says to southern plantation slave:

Elizabeth: My father kept insistin'. He said you were spreadin' such filth! I told him you weren't worth the risk...but he couldn't resist, the movement be damned! He just had to have you. Every single one of you I picked, except for you. His favorite girl.

What does "the movement" refer to?

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