On leaving the jail, he began at once his efforts to rescue others from the slavery from which he had escaped.

His first appearance as a lecturer was in the city of Portland.

The effort was well received by the audience, and at its close he found himself an object of special interest.

From this time, he gave himself almost wholly to the cause of temperance.

After working for a time in Portland, and assisting in the organization of a reform club, he extended his efforts to other parts of the State of Maine, and afterwards to New Hampshire and the adjoining States, in which, he labored for nearly three years with marked and often extraordinary success.