03277nam 2200673 450 991078720790332120200520144314.00-8131-0974-40-8131-4841-3(CKB)3710000000333848(EBL)1914965(SSID)ssj0001401768(PQKBManifestationID)12594309(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401768(PQKBWorkID)11351443(PQKB)10053453(OCoLC)605308595(MdBmJHUP)muse43754(Au-PeEL)EBL1914965(CaPaEBR)ebr11011805(CaONFJC)MIL690709(OCoLC)900344338(MiAaPQ)EBC1914965(EXLCZ)99371000000033384820150209h19961996 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrDelia Webster and the Underground Railroad /Randolph Paul Runyon ; researched in collaboration with William Albert DavisLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1996.©19961 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59427-9 0-8131-1966-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. ""Deceived in the distance""; 2. ""Perhaps you can decipher its contents""; 3. ""Partner of his guilt""; 4. ""On account of her sex""; 5. ""The error of a woman's heart""; 6. ""Did ... entice and seduce""; 7. ""It might not appear what I shall be""; 8. ""The sincere desire of your fond father""; 9. ""I am afraid they will not always be on as friendly terms""; 10. ""The very madness of the moon""; 11. ""A very bold and defiant kind of woman""; 12. Aftermath: ""This remarkable history""; Notes; Bibliography; Index;In this captivating tale, Randolph Paul Runyon follows the trail of the first woman imprisoned for assisting runaway slaves and explores the mystery surrounding her life and work. In September 1844, Delia Webster took a break from her teaching responsibilities at Lexington Female Academy and accompanied Calvin Fairbank, a Methodist preacher from Oberlin College, on a Saturday drive in the country. At the end of their trip, their passengers--Lewis Hayden and his family--remained in southern Ohio, ticketed for the Underground Railroad. Webster and Fairbank returned to a near riot and jail cellsWomen abolitionistsUnited StatesBiographyAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographyUnderground RailroadAntislavery movementsUnited StatesKentuckyHistory1792-1865Women abolitionistsAbolitionistsUnderground Railroad.Antislavery movements973.5/092Runyon Randolph1947-1167466Davis William AlbertMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787207903321Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad3684726UNINA