Who was Levi Coffin?

Question

just tell me who he is dont go in to details but you can just but it last please and thank you

Answer 1

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. In 1826, he moved to Fountain City, Indiana (then called Newport). In 1847, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he opened a store which sold goods made by freed slaves. He also visited Britain to raise funds and in 1867 he was a delegate to the International Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris.

Answer 2

"The most influential man of the Underground Railroad system was a Quaker named Levi Coffin, who because of his anti-slave activities was called the “President of the Underground Railroad”. Born near New Garden, North Carolina, in 1798, he early became interested in ***** welfare. In 1826 he opened a store in Wayne County, Ohio. It being successful he later opened another store at Cincinnati for “free labor goods only”. In the thirty years before the Civil War he helped 3000 slaves to freedom. After the war he assisted in founding the Freedman’s Bureau and many other ***** welfare projects."

I am a distant cousin of Levi Coffin, Jr. He died in Avondale, Ohio on 16 September 1877. His house was open to the public and my father visited there in the late 1970s. My direct ancestors, Asa and Jesse Williams, his cousin, also worked on the Underground Railroad in Hardin County, Ohio. Many Quakers were Abolitionists and aided the Underground Railroad and other efforts to aid blacks.

Answer 3

He was a anti-slavery activist who helped runaway slaves. Born 1798, died 1877.

Answer 4

he was a school teacher who was a member of the society of friends in 1798

Answer 5

Isn't he the guy that invented the box they bury you in????