Webster's 1844 Account

ID: 549
This file appears in: Petticoat Abolitionist

The title page of the book Delia Webster wrote describing her court trial for attempting to assist Lexington, Kentucky fugitive Lewis Hayden and his family in 1844, is shown here. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

This file appears in: Petticoat Abolitionist

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker # 1099 in Trimble County notes the work of abolitionist Delia Webster. Born in Vermont and educated at Oberlin College in Ohio, Delia Webster was tried, convicted, and jailed in…