▁thre ats ▁inter ming led ▁with ▁much ▁per sec ution . ▁With ▁all ▁this ▁opposition , ▁she ▁continued ▁her ▁work ▁just ▁the ▁same , ▁travel ing ▁from ▁one ▁local ity ▁to ▁another , ▁always ▁coming ▁in ▁contact ▁with ▁slaves ▁and ▁teaching ▁them ▁the ▁a ven ues ▁of ▁escape ▁and ▁very ▁frequently ▁a iding ▁them ▁directly ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁herself . ▁ ▁She ▁often ▁worked ▁with ▁Method ist ▁minister , ▁Cal vin ▁Fair bank . ▁It ▁was ▁said ▁that ▁" N or thern ▁Kentucky ▁suffered ▁greatly ▁for ▁her ▁effective ▁work ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁Web ster ▁and ▁Rev . ▁Cal vin ▁Fair b anks ▁assist ed ▁three ▁slaves , ▁the ▁Hay dens , ▁in ▁their ▁escape ▁to ▁Ohio , ▁where ▁they ▁transport ed ▁them ▁by ▁w agon . ▁Their ▁role ▁was ▁discovered , ▁and ▁she ▁and ▁Fair b anks ▁were ▁arrested . ▁They ▁were ▁tried ▁separately . ▁She ▁was ▁tried ▁and ▁sent enced ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁to ▁" 2 ▁years ▁hard ▁labor ▁in ▁the ▁Kentucky ▁Pen it enti ary ▁for ▁a iding ▁and ▁ab duct ing ▁slaves ." ▁On ▁February ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁Web ster ▁was ▁p ardon ed ▁by ▁Governor ▁John ▁J . ▁C ritt enden , ▁at ▁the ▁ur ging ▁of ▁the ▁pen it enti ary ▁w arden , ▁Newton ▁B . ▁Craig . ▁To ▁ear n ▁her ▁freedom , ▁she ▁declared ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁abol ition ist . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁