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2. Levi Coffin - Wikipedia

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   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. Cincinnati riots of 1836 - Wikipedia

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   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 ]

4. Underground Railroad in Indiana - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Elijah Anderson (Underground Railroad) - Wikipedia

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   He later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in his mid-20s and remained there until he married his wife, Mary. They had one daughter named Martha. [3] [4] Together, they settled in Madison, Indiana, between the years of 1835 and 1837. There, Anderson was able to earn a decent living through his work as a blacksmith. [5]

6. Levi Coffin House - Wikipedia

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   Levi Coffin (1798–1877) was a Quaker abolitionist, businessman, and humanitarian who became an active leader in the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio. Known for his leadership in aiding fugitive slaves, Coffin opposed slavery and was given the unofficial title of "President of the Underground Railroad."

7. 'Let's get this over with': Joseph Corcoran becomes Indiana's ...

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   On July 26, 1997, Corcoran laid down on his bedroom floor in the Fort Wayne, Indiana home he lived in with James Corcoran and his older sister, Kelly Ernst, and heard men's voices downstairs ...