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Catherine (White) Coffin

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Catherine (White) Coffin

American abolitionist (1803–1881)

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About Catherine (White) Coffin

Catherine White Coffin, also known as "Auntie Katie", was an American Quaker abolitionist and the wife of Levi Coffin, the unofficial "President of the Underground Railroad". The Coffin home in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, has since been turned into a museum, and was referred to as the Underground Railroad's "Grand Central Station". Catherine and Levi had six children, three of whom did not survive to adulthood. Levi Coffin said "There never was a night too cold, or dark or rainy, for her to get up at any hour, and prepare a meal for the poor fugitives [...] many a time 12, 15, and even 17 sat down," about his wife on their fifteenth wedding anniversary.

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Occupation: abolitionist
Born: September 10, 1803
Died: May 22, 1881

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