Co-published with Pace University Press, this definitive biography of Delia Webster is a fascinating study of a New England spinster who played an important part in the Underground Railroad. Driven by her religious and humanitarian values, Webster smuggled slaves through her 600 acre farm and across the Ohio River from the slave state of Kentucky. This determined abolitionist persevered through the destruction of her farm, theft of her possessions, four incarcerations, and threats of violence to assist runaway slaves in gaining their freedom during the middle of the nineteenth century. She also attempted to establish a 'free labor' farm, and she used her skills as a teacher to establish vocational and academic schools for free blacks and poor whites.
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...a vivid account of the things that made Delia 'demon' to slaveholders and 'satan' to abolitionists...From this detailed scene of one life's effort in a limited area comes a deeper feeling for the confusion that convulsed a nation 150 years ago.>>>> (Stanley Wheater )
...a compelling account of a woman of courage and fortitude.>>>> (Ruth H. Turner )
...provokes thought about the issue which led to the greatest crisis in our history and to the war in which more Americans were killed in than all of our other wars.>>>> (Glenn W. Price )
...makes an important scholarly contribution...gripping...long overdue. It brings to light important aspects of the political situation in the Midwest and the border states before the Civil War, and it is one of the few accounts of the operations of opponents of slavery within a slave state itself. [Eisan]...lays the groundwork on which others will surely build...It is both scholarly and readable, and it casts a powerful and lingering spell.>>> (Margaret E. Stewart )
...makes an important scholarly contribution...gripping...long overdue. It brings to light important aspects of the political situation in the Midwest and the border states before the Civil War, and it is one of the few accounts of the operations of opponents of slavery within a slave state itself. [Eisan]...lays the groundwork on which others will surely build...It is both scholarly and readable, and it casts a powerful and lingering spell. (Margaret E. Stewart )
...a vivid account of the things that made Delia 'demon' to slaveholders and 'satan' to abolitionists...From this detailed scene of one life's effort in a limited area comes a deeper feeling for the confusion that convulsed a nation 150 years ago. (Stanley Wheater )
...a compelling account of a woman of courage and fortitude. (Ruth H. Turner )
...provokes thought about the issue which led to the greatest crisis in our history and to the war in which more Americans were killed in than all of our other wars. (Glenn W. Price )
...a compelling account of a woman of courage and fortitude.>>>> (Ruth H. Turner )
...provokes thought about the issue which led to the greatest crisis in our history and to the war in which more Americans were killed in than all of our other wars.>>>> (Glenn W. Price )
...makes an important scholarly contribution...gripping...long overdue. It brings to light important aspects of the political situation in the Midwest and the border states before the Civil War, and it is one of the few accounts of the operations of opponents of slavery within a slave state itself. [Eisan]...lays the groundwork on which others will surely build...It is both scholarly and readable, and it casts a powerful and lingering spell.>>> (Margaret E. Stewart )
...makes an important scholarly contribution...gripping...long overdue. It brings to light important aspects of the political situation in the Midwest and the border states before the Civil War, and it is one of the few accounts of the operations of opponents of slavery within a slave state itself. [Eisan]...lays the groundwork on which others will surely build...It is both scholarly and readable, and it casts a powerful and lingering spell. (Margaret E. Stewart )
...a vivid account of the things that made Delia 'demon' to slaveholders and 'satan' to abolitionists...From this detailed scene of one life's effort in a limited area comes a deeper feeling for the confusion that convulsed a nation 150 years ago. (Stanley Wheater )
...a compelling account of a woman of courage and fortitude. (Ruth H. Turner )
...provokes thought about the issue which led to the greatest crisis in our history and to the war in which more Americans were killed in than all of our other wars. (Glenn W. Price )
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Frances K. Eisan has retired to historical research and writing after nearly fifty years as teacher, administrator and publisher of history/genealogy.
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