October 28, 1798 | Levi Coffin
Levi Coffin, who was often referred to as the “President of the Underground Railroad” was born on October 28, 1798 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Coffin received the title of “President of the Underground Railroad” because of the thousands of slaves he helped escape slavery from the south to the Northern United States.
![See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Levi Coffin photograph c 1865](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Levi_Coffin_photograph_c_1865.jpg/256px-Levi_Coffin_photograph_c_1865.jpg)
Levi Coffin c 1865
![By Nyttend (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Levi Coffin House, front and southern side](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Levi_Coffin_House%2C_front_and_southern_side.jpg/512px-Levi_Coffin_House%2C_front_and_southern_side.jpg)
Levi Coffin House, located in Fountain City, Indiana. Built in 1839, it was a station on the Underground Railroad,