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Indiana · 4th grade · Chapter Two
Levi Coffin House in Indiana.
In 1826, a Quaker named Levi Coffin moved to Newport, Indiana because he hated slavery. By the next winter, he and his wife Catharine had turned their house into a station on the Underground Railroad.
Indiana · 4th grade · Chapter Two
In 1826, a Quaker named Levi Coffin moved to Newport, Indiana because he hated slavery.By the next winter, he and his wife Catharine had turned their house into a station on the Underground Railroad.Soon he and his wife Catharine made their house a secret stop on the Underground Railroad.
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