Birth :
Birth Born on October 28, 1798
Guilford County, North Carolina
Only son of Levi & Prudence Coffin, 7th of 8 children
Joined the Young Quakers of New Garden
Later became an abolitionist
Love & Marriage :
Love & Marriage On October 28, 1824 Levi married Catherine White
Underground Railroad :
Underground Railroad They opened a store after moving to Newport, Indiana
Found themselves upon a route that slaves would travel North towards freedom
Then joined the Underground Railroad movement
Cincinnati, Ohio 1847 :
Cincinnati, Ohio 1847 Felt it was wrong to use goods made by slave labor
Moved to Cincinnati in 1847
Owned and operated a wholesale store of products produced by free labor
International Anti-Slavery Society :
International Anti-Slavery Society Traveled to Paris in 1867
He became a delegate to the International Anti-Slavery Society
Autobiography :
Autobiography He spent the last years of his life writing his autobiography
Titled, “Reminiscences of Levi Coffin”
Published in 1876 by Western Tract Society of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death :
Death Passed away on September 16, 1877
Buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio