Chapter 23 FIRST SPEECH AT NANTUCKET-MUCH SENSATION-EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH OF

MR. GARRISON-AUTHOR BECOMES A PUBLIC LECTURER-FOURTEEN YEARS

EXPERIENCE-YOUTHFUL ENTHUSIASM-A BRAND NEW FACT-MATTER OF MY AUTHOR'S

SPEECH-COULD NOT FOLLOW THE PROGRAMME-FUGITIVE SLAVESHIP DOUBTED-TO

SETTLE ALL DOUBT I WRITE MY EXPERIENCE OF SLAVERY-DANGER OF RECAPTURE

INCREASED.

In the summer of 1841, a grand anti-slavery convention