Reminiscences Of Levi Coffin: The Reputed President of the Underground Railroad; Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in Behalf of the ... Instrumentality, and Many Other Incidents:

By Levi Coffin

Book Overview

It was the the great good fortune - if not something more - that Levi Coffin was able to complete the story of his exciting and incredible life, not long before he died. Time and again Levi Coffin, his wife and family, and their associates, risked freedom and life itself, in the effort to fight against the scourge of slavery in the days before the Civil War; then, once the days of slavery were over, fought to ensure that the newly- freed slaves would be afforded the rights due them. Thousands of slaves gained their freedom from the efforts of Coffin. It would not be an exaggeration to call him one of the most important figures of the antebellum era, not only by his extensive efforts in the Underground Railroad, but in helping to bring the evils of slavery to the attention of a greater number of Americans, both North and South.There is no history better than Real History - that is, history written at the time, by the people who lived it. No more reliable source on the life of Levi Coffin, nor more honest telling of the Underground Railroad, can be found than in the person of Levi Coffin himself. The number of families, both black and white, whose ancestors knew, assisted, were assisted by, or fought against Coffin, is impossible to count - it is safe to say that his life well over a hundred years ago, is part of our lives still today. Many thousands today owe their existence and their family history to the Underground Railroad and the work of men such as Levi Coffin.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499353502
• ISBN13: 9781499353501
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.5"