Levi Coffin
Levi Coffin (Born: October 28, 1798 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States-September 16, 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) was an American educator and abolitionist.
In 1821, he wanted to start a school for slaves, however, their owners refused to allow them to attend. In 1826, he moved to Fountain City, Indiana (then called Newport), where he helped thousands of slaves escape to Canada. In 1847, he moved to Cincinnati where he opened a store which sold goods made by freed slaves. He also visited the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to raise funds and in 1867 he was a delegate to the International Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris.
He is interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.