| 1798 |
Levi
Coffin was born in New Garden, North Carolina. |
| 1813 |
When
Levi was 15 years old, he helped a kidnapped black man escape slavery. |
| 1821 |
Levi
and his cousin, Vestal Coffin, ran a Sunday school for black people
where slaves were taught to read the Bible. Unfortunately, the slaves' owners forced the school to close. |
| 1824 |
Levi
married Catharine White. |
| 1826 |
Levi
and Catharine Coffin moved from North Carolina to Fountain City,
Indiana. |
| 1847 |
After
living in Fountain City, Indiana for 20 years, Levi and Catharine
decided to move to Cincinnati, Ohio to open a free-labor warehouse. |
| 1864 |
Levi
went to England and helped start the Freedmen's Aid Society. This
society helped free black people gain an education, money, clothing, and housing. |
| 1865 |
Levi
was alive to see slavery abolished in the United States. |
| 1877 |
Levi
Coffin passed away in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
