Levi Coffin was the Abraham Lincoln of the Underground Railroad.
Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was an abolitionist, businessman, and Quaker who had helped some 2000 slaves escape to Canada. Due to witnessing slavery as a child, he was strong against it, which caused help ample slaves experience freedom as an adult. I considered him the Abraham Lincoln of the Underground Railroad since he was also a president who helped out African Americans become liberated. While the slaves were escaping, he allowed many of them to use his home as rest stops where they rest and ate until they were strong enough to finish their journeys. Afterward, he moved to Europe (England and France) where he helped more slaves by teaching them how to read and write. Finally, he wrote an autobiography on his life, which was published a year before he died.
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