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Levi Coffin (October 28, 1798–September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker, educator, and abolitionist. Levi Coffin. ...
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Coffin was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1821, he wanted to start a school for slaves, but slaveowners refused to allow them to attend. In 1826, he moved to Fountain City, Indiana (then called Newport). In 1847, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he opened a store which sold goods made by freed slaves. He also visited Britain to raise funds and in 1867 he was a delegate to the International Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris. Greensboro Skyline Greensboro, North Carolina (IPA: ), is the largest city in Guilford County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...
This poster depicting the horrific conditions on slave ships was influential in mobilizing public opinion against slavery in Britain and the United States. ...
Levi Coffin Home, Fountain City, Indiana Fountain City is a town located in Wayne County, Indiana. ...
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Coffin helped some slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad, and hid slaves in his house during the 85 years that he and his wife Catharine (also a Quaker and an abolitionist) lived in Newport. After the end of the American Civil War, Coffin raised over $1,000,000 dollars for the Western Freedman's Aid Society, a group that he helped to lead. This does not cite any references or sources. ...
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He is interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum (733 acres) is a notable, nonprofit garden cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
Coffin's home in Fountain City, Indiana is a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public for tours.[1] Visitors can see the "hidey hole"[2] that he had built into an upstairs wall and a wagon with a false bottom that demonstrates how runaway slaves were sometimes moved. His home was also named one of the United States' "Top 25 Historic Sites"[3] by the History Channel. The Levi Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in present-day Fountain City, Indiana. ...
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Coffin has been referred to as the "President of the Underground Railroad," allegedly from a slavecatcher who said, "There's an underground railroad going on here, and Levi's the president of it." Coffin claimed to have been involved in the escape of about 2000 slaves. Questioned about why he aided slaves, Coffin said "The Bible, in bidding us to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, said nothing about color, and I should try to follow out the teachings of that good book." Another time he simply said, "I thought it was always safe to do right."
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- ^ http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/coffin.htm
- ^ Image of the "hidey hole"
- ^ http://www.aetntravel.com/soh/attractions.htm
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