The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-18

! and knew what il was 20 feel the lash.
[ During his lifetime Mr.. Fairoauk aided
/ forty-seven slaves 20 escape from Nlr-
GINA and Kentucky. not one OF whom
was recaptured For this he was twice
Imprisoned in Kentucky. in all seventeen
years and four months. He was fire.
Guently beaten BY the prison Overseers.
and during only eight years OF his last
term. from March /. 1854. 10 March J.
1872 he received 25 100 stripes from
leather strap fifteen 10 eighteen inches
long and one and a half inches wide and
from One-quarter TO three-eights OF an
inch thick
This was during. the period when Zebu-
lon Ward and J. ". South were In charge
and the whipping grew out OF the lnahil-
ity OF Mr.. FaiTbank 20 perform the task
assigned him. His daily task timed by
the hour. was DIS yards OF sacking or g.
80 shots Of the shuttle by hand he
could never weave more than lG5 yards.
The result was that he was whipped ev-
cry day except sunday and the Fourth
OF July. He was never whipped less than
twice a day, and in most cases four times.
The number OF stripes ranged from IS
70 Jos. according 10 the within Of the over
seer Sometimes so terrible were the lac
erations Of the cuts on his bare body
that the walls OF theprlson We're spiatter-
ed with flesh and blood. South's brutality
was softened at times by the humanity
OF his daughter Eliza. Such was the
cruelty OF Ward and the terror inspired
by his treatment Of prisoners that. Mr..
Fairbank said. men cut OF their hands
cut their throats drank poison and IN
various other ways rushed eagerly upon
the gates Of death"
Mr.. Fairbank was born in the woods or
Wyoming county. New York November g.
He Oh rutf he Nfaf hft Ffar ~~tf
copal church n boyhood and IN 1851. the
year that the church divided on the ques-
ti0n Of slavery. be became a Method g
preacher. He was n radical ADDITIONS 81
His attitude on slavery was largely in-
fiuenced he said. by an incident which
occurred when ne was a boy. Hewent
with MS father and mother on one Orca-
sion 10 attend a quarterly meeting. ana
win them was assigned 90 the good. clean
house OF a pair OF escaped slaves one
n CIR after service he sat on the hearth
stone before the fire and listened 20 the
freed w9msn's story o. sprTow. J. COW
cred thirty years she had been sold from
home separated from husband and fam
ily. and al ties OF affection we're broken.
Fairbanks young heart wept. mis- anger
was kindled. and sntagou-sm % slavery
was fixed upon him "FatheT. he said.
on going 20 his room. when gc1 bigger
they shau notCo that" Ard that resoiu-
ton be pat into action whenever be- had
an opportunity He was utterly fear.e-s
and often rtsked hs ifs where ofherH
would have hssitate6 He not only never
refused 70 heed The CIV - ;he slave 3 n
self. but ne sought Vpporturiuea 20 aid
those who had TO thought ~ the pSssl-
bfitv u escape. Once be pad 3 AZ for
beautiful ara accOrupl ishsd glTl who
was only one-sTa s. fourth African. arf
who was being sold a. pubic auction ~cth
appeals 70 tne oasssf pass'cn - pos
bic purchasers The E.-ls father WL9
had e6uncatsd her a. one n als own fam
i'y ard s0li her bsrzug~ n he finsnciai
e-nbarr sssr1s--s. gave Fet-hz0k $50 CO.
ward her p1rchass
Fairb4nk VS. 4rsJ arrests1 i1 CcspSs~. .
1876. FOR assisting q col5rsd fau named .
HAYDEN - LeElaz-7r. Ky. 20 esCzps SIC
rss -eaterce-I 20 fifteen years lu the gen
ifeutary ard .erved nearly fFe years.
hen 30 vas yartor.s1 August - lfff
20 Governor John j Crfrerdsr fr SO
veu1her. i-1 after ssstst.rr s slave NO
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vile % Inf ara NJ Falrosrz was E-c-
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se Nas tired. co1v-rts5. arf ir Msrra-
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