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Levi Coffin

American educator and abolitionist (1798-1877) · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 78

Levi Coffin Jr. was an American Quaker, Republican, abolitionist, farmer, businessman and humanitarian. An active leader of the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio, some unofficially called Coffin the "President of the Underground Railroad", estimating that three thousand fugitive slaves passed through his care.

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The Coffin home in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, is a museum, sometimes called the Underground Railroad's "Grand Central Station".

Country
United States
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1798 to 1877 · aged 78