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Levi Coffin (October 28, 1798 – September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, and businessman. Coffin was deeply involved in the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio and his home is o...
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Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad station ... Levi Coffin had just moved to Newport, Indiana, an ideal location in which to help fugitive slaves. Despite being born and raised in the slave state of North Carolina, Coffin was an adamant opponent of slavery. In 1826 he and his wife welcomed to their home and aided their...
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This date marks the birth of Levi Coffin in 1798. He was an American abolitionist and president of the Underground Railroad. Levi Coffin, from New Garden, N.C., was the only son among seven children. ... The young Levi received the bulk of his education at home, which proved to be good enough for Coffin to find work as...
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Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landmark, this house was owned by Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist. ... The Levi Coffin House is located in Fountain City, Indiana, at 113 U.S. 27 North.
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The incident by the side of the road marked the first awakening of Levi Coffin's sympathy with the oppressed, which, he observed in his memoirs, together with a strong hatred of oppression and injustice in any form, "were the motives that influenced my whole after-life." Coffin, who moved to the Indiana town of...
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(cover) Reminiscences of Levi Coffin ; (spine) ; Levi Coffin ; SECOND EDITION--WITH APPENDIX. viii, 3-732 p., ill. CINCINNATI: ROBERT CLARKE & CO. 1880. Call number C326.4 C67r c. 2 (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); ... Yours Truly Levi Coffin...
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Levi Coffin was a key leader of the Underground Railroad, and claimed to have helped an average of 100 escaping slaves in his own home in Cincinnati every year for 33 years. ... In the winter of 1826-27, fugitives began to come to our house, and as it became more widely known on different routes that the ... by Levi Coffin...
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Coffin, Levi, and William Still. Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad. Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. - Available from Amazon.com ... Coffin, Levi. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad. New York, NY: Arno Press, 1968. - Available from Amazon.com...
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