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          Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave....

          It is said that historians consider Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, published in , to be one of the best firsthand accounts of the Underground Railroad.

        1. It is said that historians consider Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, published in , to be one of the best firsthand accounts of the Underground Railroad.
        2. Levi Coffin was a leading Underground Railroad organizer in Ohio who wrote William Still, his counterpart in Philadelphia, in to report on his fears about.
        3. Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave.
        4. Coffin, a Quaker abolitionist, helped many escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad.
        5. 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.

          6. Levi Coffin

          American educator and abolitionist (1798–1877)

          Levi Coffin Jr.

          A drawing based on a c. 1850 engraving

          Born(1798-10-28)October 28, 1798

          Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S.

          DiedSeptember 16, 1877(1877-09-16) (aged 78)

          Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

          Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
          Occupation(s)Farmer
          Pork packing
          Merchant
          Banking
          Known forwork with Underground Railroad
          Political partyWhig
          Republican
          Board member ofWestern Freedman's Society
          Second State Bank of Indiana
          SpouseCatherine White
          RelativesLucretia Coffin Mott (cousin)

          Levi Coffin Jr. (October 28, 1798 – September 16, 1877) 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