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By Craig Swain, December 28, 2007
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1 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Fountain City — 89.2002.1 — Levi Coffin —  |
| 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 . . . — — Map (db m4480) HM | |||
| 2 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Fountain City — Home of Levi Coffin — |
| 1827 1847 This house was called the "Union Depot of the Underground Railroad," and more than 2000 escaped slaves were cared for here. Tablet placed by Wayne Co. Society of Indianapolis — — Map (db m4482) HM | |||