enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Levi Coffin - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Coffin

   Levi Coffin Jr. (October 28, 1798 – September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker, Republican, abolitionist, farmer, businessman and humanitarian. An active leader of the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio, some unofficially called Coffin the "President of the Underground Railroad", estimating that three thousand fugitive slaves passed through his care.

3. Underground Railroad in Indiana - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/.../Underground_Railroad_in_Indiana

   A smaller number of fugitive slaves entered Indiana from Cincinnati, Ohio. Today, only a few Underground Railroad sites in Indiana are open to the public, including the Catherine and Levi Coffin home (called the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad") in Wayne County and Eleutherian College in Jefferson County. Other sites have ...

4. Cincinnati riots of 1836 - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1836

   The Cincinnati riots of 1836 were caused by racial tensions at a time when African Americans, some of whom had escaped from slavery in the Southern United States, were competing with whites for jobs. The racial riots occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio , United States in April and July 1836 by a mob of whites against black residents. [ 1 ]

5. Levi Coffin House - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Coffin_House

   The Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in the present-day town of Fountain City in Wayne County, Indiana.The two-story, eight room, brick home was constructed circa 1838–39 in the Federal style.

6. History of slavery in Indiana - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Indiana

   Slavery in Indiana occurred between the time of French rule during the late seventeenth century and 1826, with a few traces of slavery afterward. Opposition to slavery began to organize in Indiana around 1805, and in 1809 abolitionists took control of the territorial legislature and overturned many of the laws permitting retaining of slaves.

7. Need tickets for your team's College Football Playoff game ...

   www.aol.com/tickets-teams-college-football...

   No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana. Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ABC ... Oprah announces her 110th book club pick. News. ... 2 people found dead in JetBlue plane landing gear at Fort ...