Levi Yale

Portrait of Levi Yale, postmaster and agent of the Underground Railroad network in Connecticut

Levi Yale (April 11, 1792 – February 19, 1872), of Meriden, Connecticut, was a postmaster, justice of the peace and abolitionist, who worked as an agent of the Underground Railroad. He was a member of the state legislature, cofounded the abolitionist Liberty Party of Connecticut and was twice nominated for lieutenant governor under Senator Francis Gillette.