Thursday, July 14, 2005

Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Coffin, Levi


A historic tragedy unfolds/
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati/OH/USA/10-Jul-05//... Their destination was the house at Sixth and Elm belonging to legendary Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin, "dispatcher's office" for the Underground Railroad ...

Lawyers appealed to a higher law/Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati/OH/USA/10-Jul-05//... Kentucky during the Garner trial "to prevent colored people and friends of the slaves from entering the court room," recalled Levi Coffin, a Quaker who was ...

Posse follows slaves across the Ohio/Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati/OH/USA/11-Jul-05//... Mr. Coffin, a Quaker, was known as the "president" of the Underground Railroad. His store was the secret "Dispatcher's Office.". ...

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