![]() He began narrating the facts of his early existence. When Douglass first took to the stage he was nervous and unsure, and apologized, saying that slavery was not an institution geared toward perfecting one's intellect and emotions. Garrison believed that he had never hated slavery more than at that moment, and marveled how this man before him with his high moral and intellectual attainment was actually a slave. When Douglass began speaking, however, Garrison was utterly transfixed his mind was excited with emotion he had never felt before, and the crowd was shocked and moved by Douglass's immense oratory skills and his tale of suffering and woe. ![]() Most people, including Garrison, did not know who he was but were prepared to hear some words from an actual former slave. He opened by explaining that he had met Douglass for the first time at an anti-slavery convention in August, 1841. ![]() The Preface to the Narrative was written by William Lloyd Garrison, the famous abolitionist, on May 1st, 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts. ![]()
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