(FAIRBANK, CALVIN.) Rev. Calvin Fairbank during Slavery Times. How he "Fought the Good Fight," to Prepare "The Way." Frontispiece portraits of Fairbank and his wife. 8vo, original printed cloth-grained stiff wrappers; front joint partially separated at the top; covered and extremities lightly worn. Chicago: Patriotic Publishing Co., 1890
first edition. One of the conductors of the Underground Railroad, Fairbank spent nearly seventeen years in jail for having aided fugitive slaves. His account is rich with anecdotes of Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and other notables, as well as several narratives of fugitives transcribed by Fairbank. Work, page 306.
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