Levi Coffin

Levi Coffin (HM2EH)

Location: Fountain City, IN 47341 Wayne County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 57.373', W 84° 55.051'

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(Front Side): Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist, lived in Newport (now Fountain City) with his family 1826-1847. Moved from North Carolina because he and his wife, Catharine, opposed slavery. Advocated, and sold in his store, free-labor products not produced by slaves. House built circa 1839; designated a National Historic Landmark 1966.

(Back Side): Coffin's Reminiscences (1876) documented work in Underground Railroad and antislavery movement.

The Underground Railroad refers to a widespread network of diverse people in the nineteenth century who aided slaves escaping to freedom from the southern U.S.
Details
HM NumberHM2EH
Series This marker is part of the Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers series, and the National Historic Landmarks series.
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Marker Number89.2002.1
Year Placed2002
Placed ByIndiana Historical Bureau and Levi Coffin House Association, Inc
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 4:39am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 677880 N 4424974
Decimal Degrees39.95621667, -84.91751667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 57.373', W 84° 55.051'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 57' 22.38" N, 84° 55' 3.06" W
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Area Code(s)765
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 133 US-27, Fountain City IN 47341, US
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