April 17 was the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s brutal takeover of Cambodia. During five dark and desperate years, 2 ...

The Underground Railroad in Metamora documentary will premiere on Sunday, June 22 at the Metamora Township High School, ...

Reminiscences Of Levi Coffin, The Reputed President Of The Underground Railroad by Levi Coffin. Publication date 1880 Publisher Kessinger Publishing, LLC Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor ...

The volume of underground traffic varied widely. Levi Coffin estimated that during his lifetime he assisted 3,300 fugitives— some 100 or so annually—while others, who lived along more lightly ...

Located on U.S. 27 in Fountain City is the house that became known as the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad. Its owners, Levi and Catharine Coffin, helped more than 2,000 runaway ...

Sarah Mayrant Fossett: The Black hairdresser for white society ladies secretly worked with Levi Coffin on the Underground Railroad. In 1859, she was forcibly kicked off a streetcar, although she ...

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio is a museum worth visiting. The museum’s content is ...

Levi and Catharine Coffin helped more than 1,000 enslaved individuals move toward freedom on the Underground Railroad through their home in Fountain City, Indiana.

She was one of the Underground Railroad persons honored on a forever stamp by the U.S. Postal Service in March 2024. Levi Coffin (1798-1877), an anti-slavery Quaker, committed his life to the ...

From 1826-1847, Levi and his wife Catharine lived in Indiana, where he was the coordinator of a very successful Underground Railroad. He became known as the “President of the Underground ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) —The historic Allen Jay House will soon be torn down. It predates the Civil War and is named after Allen Jay, a notable Quaker minister and educator. He and his wife once ...