Greenville Public Library
Levi
Coffin & the Underground Railroad at Library
Joanna Hahn, Site Manager at the Levi & Catharine Coffin State
Historic Site, will present this free presentation on Tuesday February
19th at 6:00 at the Greenville Public Library. Registration is
not required but seating is limited to 40. This event will be able to
be viewed live via Facebook Live Stream.
Levi Coffin is often credited with the title of President of the
Underground Railroad. Learn how Coffin was instrumental in
leading efforts to resist the Fugitive Slave Laws by assisting freedom
seekers, or runaway slaves, on their journey to Canada. Also, get
a better understanding of why the Underground Railroad developed in
states like Indiana and Ohio and why some historians see it as our
nation’s first civil rights movement.
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