Biography of catherine coffins
Biography of catherine coffins
Biography of catherine coffins wife.
Catherine White Coffin
American abolitionist (–)
Catherine White Coffin (born CatherineWhite; September 10, – May 22, ),[1] also known as "Auntie Katie", was an American Quakerabolitionist and the wife of Levi Coffin, the unofficial "President of the Underground Railroad".[2] The Coffin home in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, has since been turned into a museum, and was referred to as the Underground Railroad's "Grand Central Station".[3][4] Catherine and Levi had six children, three of whom did not survive to adulthood.
Levi Coffin said "There never was a night too cold, or dark or rainy, for her to get up at any hour, and prepare a meal for the poor fugitives [] many a time 12, 15, and even 17 sat down," about his wife on their fifteenth wedding anniversary.[3]
Family and marriage
Catherine White was born on September 10, , in Guilford County, North Carolina.
She was born to Stanton and Mary White. Catherine h