Calvin Fairbank (1816-1898) was a Methodist minister and Underground Railroad operative convicted in Kentucky for aiding the 1844 escape of Harriet and Lewis Hayden along with school teacher Delia Webster and then convicted again for a second offense in 1851. He ended up serving a total of seventeen years in Kentucky state prison before his release in 1864.
ESSAYS: Blackett // Baker // Larson // Miller // Pinsker // Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Calvin Fairbank served a total of seventeen years in Kentucky prison for “slave stealing” (House Divided Project)