Levi Coffin

ID: 2596 ~ Source: Levi Coffin House Association ~ Date: 1876
This file appears in: Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site
Levi Coffin

This image of Levi Coffin was included in the printing of his 1876 autobiography Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad. Coffin’s book is one of the most well-known histories written by an active conductor on the Underground Railroad.

This file appears in: Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site

By Joanna E. Hahn
The historic home of Quaker couple Levi and Catharine Coffin in Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana was connected on the Underground Railroad. The Coffins moved to Newport in 1826 from North Carolina. Growing up in a staunch anti-slavery family and…