The wagon wheels sank into the frozen ruts outside Newport before the first light showed. I held the reins loose and listened for the sound of another set of hooves behind us on the Madison trace. The ...

The wagon wheels sank into the frozen ruts outside Newport just after midnight. I held the reins loose, listening for the sound of any other hooves behind us. Three men lay under the canvas in back, ...

Fountain City, Indiana — So many African Americans fleeing slavery in the mid-19 th century passed through Levi and Catharine Coffin’s Indiana home that it became known as the “Grand Central Station ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A new Forever stamp is featuring a Hoosier who helped more than 1,000 people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, in ...

Levi Coffin had just moved to Newport, Indiana, an ideal location in which to help fugitive slaves. Despite being born and raised in the slave state of North Carolina, Coffin was an adamant opponent ...