June 28, 1861
The building at the corner of Washington and Franklin Streets, which housed both the Liberator and the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, has been taken down. It causes Nell to reflect on some of the meetings held there. He mentions one at which a young man had argued for gradualism, and the ways in which Garrison had argued with him. He indicates that many were moved and the young man himself was converted.
Comments are closed.