Guy Beckley (1803–1847) was a Methodist Episcopal minister, abolitionist, Underground Railroad stationmaster, and lecturer.

[2] Beckley began his career in 1827, when he was admitted on trial to the New England Methodist Conference and was assigned to Rev.

[4] Beckley was a paid lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society,[1] traveling throughout New York and New England for three years.

[5] After moving to Ann Arbor around 1840,[2][6] he continued to lecture against slavery and he recruited residents of Washtenaw County, Michigan to support the Underground Railroad.

[8] Although it was a federal crime (Fugitive Slave Act of 1793),[9] subject to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine (equivalent to $31,572 in 2023) if caught,[8] he operated an Underground Railroad waystation at 1425 Pontiac Trail beginning in 1842.

[1][7] Josiah and Minerva Bird Beckley, his brother and sister-in-law, were farmers who operated a waystation at 1709 Pontiac Trail.