Wagon in Use

ID: 2889 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Mendenhall Plantation, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll8/id/5357) ~ Creator: North Carolina ECHO ~ Date: 2003
This file appears in: Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site
Wagon in Use

Here, a re-enactor is demonstrating how false bottom wagons were used. At a quick glance, slave catchers would see only a wagon filled with hay, and not notice the freedom seekers concealed underneath.

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…