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Name: Levi Coffin
Birth Date: October 28, 1789
Death Date: September 16, 1877
Place of Birth: New Garden, North Carolina, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: reformer, abolitionist

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Biography of Levi Coffin
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A leading American antislavery reformer and a conductor of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin (1789-1877) contributed to the good repute in the North of illegal and contested fugitive slave activities. Levi Coffin came of an old Nantucket, Mass.,...


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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....


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Dayton Daily News
House was 'Grand Central' of the Underground Railroad Levi Coffin helped thousands of slaves from his Indiana home, now a top historical site.
07/24/2006: 541 words, approx. 2 pages
FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. -- From a house within an hour's drive of Dayton that's recognized as a top national historic site, Levi Coffin served as a lead conductor of the Underground Railroad -- and as parent of a teenager. "I received thy letter...
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The Spectator
Coffin fits
11/09/2002: 1,130 words, approx. 4 pages
Death ALONG with pest control and locksmiths, undertakers specialise in crisis management, being called upon in circumstances where distress and vulnerability blur the normal rules of business. Just as you don't shop around or quibble about costs when you are locked out of...
 
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