 Gregory initiated a major trip through the South.He travelled to Richmond, Virginia; Durham, North Carolina, and other locations in North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina, the city of his family and childhood; and Macon, Georgia, where he told people about the religion.In Charleston he is known to have presented talks at the Carpenter's Union Hall and made contact with a priest who had encountered the religion at Green Acre and met Mirzá ʻAbu'l-Faḍl.