The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum Induction Committee has announced the names of four 19th century abolitionists to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 19, 2024 in Peterboro, Madison County, NY:
Catharine White Coffin (1803-1881)
Catharine Coffin focused her time and efforts on ending slavery and gaining rights for women. Raised an anti-slavery Quaker in North Carolina, and then moving to Ohio and Indiana, she and her husband Levi Coffin managed one of the most successful Underground Railroad depots in the United States.
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