Then again: A Vergennes woman’s abolition quest

An etching of Lexington, Ky., from 1847 shows the city at about the time Delia Webster lived there. WikiMedia Commons
Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”
Delia Webster’s life probably would have been much less tumultuous if she had been born somewhere other than Vergennes. But such are the accidents of history. Because of the circumstances of her birth