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Levi Coffin
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Levi Coffin (October 28, 1798–September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker educator and abolitionist.
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.
Coffin helped some slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad, and hid slaves in his house during the 20 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 $100,000 dollars for the Western Freedman's Aid Society, a group that he helped to lead.
Coffin died in Cincinnati. He is interred at Spring Grove Cemetery there.
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.
- ^ http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/coffin.htm
- ^ Image of the "hidey hole"
- ^ http://www.aetntravel.com/soh/attractions.htm
- The Coffin House in Fountain City (Newport), Indiana.
- Levi Coffin's handwritten will hosted at the University of Cincinnati
- Reminiscences of Levi Coffin
- Find-A-Grave profile for Levi Coffin
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Coffin, Levi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American educator and abolitionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1877 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |