Catherine White Coffin (born Catherine White; September 10, 1803 – May 22, 1881), [1] also known as "Auntie Katie", was an American Quaker abolitionist and the wife of Levi Coffin, the unofficial "President of the Underground Railroad". [2]

Levi and Catharine Coffin’s home became known as “The Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad.” Purchasing a guided tour is necessary to visiting the Levi and Catharine Coffin home. Timed, indoor tours and guided help are available Wednesday through Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Mar 5, 2017 · Catherine Coffin . Fountain City, Wayne County . September 10, 1803 – May 22, 1881. Born September 10, 1803 in Guilford County, North Carolina, Catherine White married Levi Coffin on October 28, 1824. The couple moved to Newport (the present day town of Fountain City), Wayne County, in 1826.

Oct 22, 2024 · Levi and Catharine Coffin, Quaker abolitionists who opened their homes in Indiana and Ohio to help more than 1,000 freedom-seekers on the Underground Railroad, have been inducted into the National Abolition Hall of Fame.

Jan 4, 2018 · It’s inside this house that the story of the “President of the Underground Railroad” – Levi Coffin – is told. Coffin and his wife Catharine were Quakers who lived in Newport – now Fountain City – from 1826 to 1847.

Catharine, he managed over the next twenty years to offer a safe haven to thousands of African Americans fleeing slavery's evils on the "Underground Railroad" along major escape routes leading from Cincinnati, Madison, and Jeffersonville.

May 26, 2022 · Originally from North Carolina, Levi Coffin and his wife, Catharine, were Quakers who strongly opposed slavery and eventually moved to Indiana, where they would live for 20 years in what was known at the time as Newport.

When Quakers Levi and Catharine (White) Coffin moved to Fountain City in 1826, it was called Newport. The young married couple left their home in Guilford County, North Carolina vowing to devote their lives to helping slaves reach Canada where freedom was guaranteed.

Jun 1, 2022 · Check it out and learn some of Indiana's most amazing history from right where it happened: This eight-room, Federal-style brick house was built in 1838, and its original owners, Levi and Catharine Coffin, would make history here …

The historic home of Quaker couple Levi and Catharine Coffin in Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana was connected on the Underground Railroad. The Coffins moved to Newport in 1826 from North Carolina.