Biography of the reputed President of the Underground Railroad. Begins briefy with Levi Coffin's early efforts against slavery in North Carolina and Indiana. The focus is on Coffin's abolitionist activities in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1847 through the Civil War and his work on behalf of freed blacks after the war.
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Mary Ann Yannessa is a speaker for the Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is retired as a reference service specialist from the Clermont County Public Library. Mary Ann and her husband, Charlie, live in Loveland, Ohio.
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Levi Coffin's spiritual heritage and roots, as a member of the Religious Society of Friends, were in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
escaping slaves, other abolitionists, yearly meeting, underground railroad Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, New Garden, Free Store, Ohio River, Civil War, United States, African American, Fountain City, Indiana Yearly Meeting, The Final Call, New York, Coffin's Reminiscences, Lane Seminary, Levi Collin, The Western Freedmen's Aid Commission New!
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Levi Coffin's spiritual heritage and roots, as a member of the Religious Society of Friends, were in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
escaping slaves, other abolitionists, yearly meeting, underground railroad Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, New Garden, Free Store, Ohio River, Civil War, United States, African American, Fountain City, Indiana Yearly Meeting, The Final Call, New York, Coffin's Reminiscences, Lane Seminary, Levi Collin, The Western Freedmen's Aid Commission New!
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- The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur H. Siebert on 6 pages
- The Underground Railroad (Venture Books) by Shaaron Cosner on page 7, page 31, and page 35
- John Woolman by Paul Rosenblatt on page 16
- Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes (Notable American Authors) by John Woolman on page 2
- The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur Henry Siebert in Back Matter
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- Walk Worthy Of Your Calling: Quakers And The Traveling Ministry by Margery Post Abbott in Back Matter
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