1854--Delia Webster Refuses Warden

Title: 1854--Delia Webster Refuses Warden
Date: 4 Aug 1854
Formatted date: 1854-08-04
Event type: Escape; Lawsuit
Description: Delia Webster appealed her charges. She had tutored the kids of the warden, Newton Craig. He asked her to be his wife after his current wife died, and Webster refused. Craig said he would find anyone to swear to her previous charges, which were assisting enslaved people to escape.
Participant: Webster, Delia; Craig, Newton
Location: Kentucky; Madison (Ind.)
Source: "Delia Webster, who is in jail at Madison..."