I told him I had but just escaped from slavery, and was of course very poor, and remarked further, that I was unable to pay for it then; the agent, however, very willingly took me as a subscriber, and appeared to be much pleased with securing my name to his list.

From this time I was brought in contact with the mind of William Lloyd Garrison.
His paper took its place with me next to the bible.
The _Liberator_ was a paper after my own heart.

It detested slavery exposed hypocrisy and wickedness in high places--made no truce with the traffickers in the bodies and souls of men; it preached human brotherhood, denounced oppression, and, with all the solemnity of God's word, demanded the complete emancipation of my race.

I not only liked--I _loved_ this paper, and its editor.

He seemed a match for all the oponents( sic) of emancipation, whether they spoke in the name of the law, or the gospel.{276} His words were few, full of holy fire, and straight to the point.