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Explain how one house can affect thousands of people?. The story of LEVI and CATHERINE COFFIN. Levi Coffin was born in 1798 in North Carolina. Levi’s family were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). First act that led him to abolitionism occurred at age 7 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Explain how one house can affect thousands of people?
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The story ofLEVI and CATHERINE COFFIN
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Levi Coffin was born in 1798 in North Carolina.
Levi’s family were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
First act that led him to abolitionism occurred at age 7
Helped his first slave at the age of 9.
Married Catherine White in 1824
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Levi and Catherine moved to Newport (Fountain City), Indiana in 1826 and opened a store.
Levi Coffin’s house
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Major slave routes as listed in our textbook.
Newport (Fountain City), Indiana
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Door that the conductors would enter through into the kitchen.
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Kitchen where slaves would be greeted.
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Slaves would be taken down a small winding staircase to the summer kitchen where they would be fed and cared for away from
the threat of being seen.
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The coffins had an indoor well room off the summer kitchen which helped hide the amount of water they were using that could cause suspicion. The well was fed by natural springs in the area.
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Women would gather when slave hunters were in town for quilting parties. Sitting in the parlor quilting and talking would help stall the search as well as cover noise from hiding slaves.
Wood piece on end of rocking bench was to keep infants from rolling off while being rocked.
Two-ended doll
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Two ended doll –
held one way it is a Quaker woman
flip it upside down and it is a slave woman.
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Secret room for hiding slaves.
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Shoes and chains worn by slaves taken through the Coffin house.
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Wagon with hidden compartment used for transporting slaves.
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More detailed map of routes used for the underground railroad.
Newport, IN Cincinnati, OH Ripley, OH (mentioned in Video)
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Grave of one of the conductors Levi Coffin used for the Underground Railroad.
NONE of the 3,000 slaves that Levi and Catherine helped were ever caught.
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LEVI COFFINDIED 9TH MO.,16, 1877
IN HIS 79TH YEARA CHRISTIAN
PHILANTHROPISTCATHERINE COFFIN
DIED 5TH MO. 22, 1881IN HER 78TH YEAR
HER WORK WELL DONENOBLE BENEFACTORS
AIDING THOUSANDSTO GAIN FREEDOM.
A FROMTHE COLORED PEOPLE
OF CINCINNATI
Levi and Catherine Coffin helped over 3,000 slaves find their way to freedom.