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Mar 11, 2020 · Slavery. -- United States, United States, Ohio, Slavery & slave trade United States, Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877, Underground Railroad, Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography, Slavery -- Ohio, Fugitive slaves -- United States, Fugitive slaves, Abolitionists, Slavery Publisher New York, Arno Press Collection
May 21, 2012 · Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the Underground railroad : being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents.
May 26, 2022 · Today the restored house and its barn are part of the Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, which also features an exceptional interpretive center that helps put in perspective the vital role the Coffin family played during the buildup to the Civil War.
His photograph of the Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin surrounded by a large group of freedom seekers is the most famous image that exists of the Underground Railroad.
Levi Coffin (born October 28, 1798, New Garden [now in Greensboro], North Carolina, U.S.—died September 16, 1877, Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American abolitionist, called the “President of the Underground Railroad,” who assisted thousands of runaway slaves on their flight to freedom.
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Nov 16, 2011 · In 1854, Levi and Catherine Coffin and their daughter were on a visit to Canada when a woman came up to Catherine. The woman seized Catherine’s hand and exclaimed, “How are you, Aunt Katie? God bless you!”
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Erected by noted Underground Railroad activist Levi Coffin as a residence for him and his wife Catherine, this Federal house sheltered upwards of 100 runaway slaves a year. The Coffins were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which held a strong stance against slavery.
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