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After he told his story, he was encouraged to become an anti-slavery lecturer.

Douglass was inspired by Garrison and later stated that " no face and form ever impressed me with such sentiments the hatred of slavery as did those of William Lloyd Garrison.

" Garrison was likewise impressed with Douglass and wrote of him in The Liberator.

Several days later, Douglass delivered his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket.

Then 23 years old, Douglass conquered his nervousness and gave an eloquent speech about his rough life as a slave.