Black plaque № 45584

Madison, KY, United States

Petticoat Abolitionist. "Underground railroad" station, a mile west, run by Delia Webster on land bought with funds provided by Northern abolitionists, 1854. Slaveholders filed charges against her. After refusing to leave Ky., she was imprisoned. Following her release she was indicted again but esca

ped into Indiana. For similar activities in Lexington she had served term in penitentiary, 1844.

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