▁more ▁than ▁ 1 2 0 ▁at ▁any ▁one ▁time . ▁They ▁lived ▁on ▁, ▁raising ▁liv est ock , ▁running ▁a ▁saw mill , ▁a ▁gr ist mill , ▁and ▁a ▁sil k ▁factory . ▁Tr uth ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁community ▁and ▁o vers aw ▁the ▁la und ry , ▁super vis ing ▁both ▁men ▁and ▁women . ▁ ▁While ▁there , ▁Tr uth ▁met ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁G arrison , ▁Frederick ▁Doug lass , ▁and ▁David ▁R ugg les . ▁Enc ou rag ed ▁by ▁the ▁community , ▁Tr uth ▁delivered ▁her ▁first ▁anti - s la very ▁speech ▁that ▁year . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁the ▁group ▁dis band ed , ▁unable ▁to ▁support ▁itself . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁household ▁of ▁George ▁B enson , ▁the ▁brother - in - law ▁of ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁G arrison . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 9 , ▁she ▁visited ▁John ▁Dum ont ▁before ▁he ▁moved ▁west . ▁ ▁Tr uth ▁started ▁dict ating ▁her ▁mem oir s ▁to ▁her ▁friend ▁O live ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁G arrison ▁priv ately ▁published ▁her ▁book , ▁The ▁N arr ative ▁of ▁So j our ner ▁Tr uth : ▁a ▁Northern ▁S lave . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁she ▁purchased ▁a ▁home ▁in ▁Florence ▁for ▁$ 3 0 0 ▁and ▁spoke ▁at ▁the ▁first ▁National ▁Women ' s ▁Rights ▁Convention ▁in ▁Wor c ester , ▁Massachusetts . ▁In