d.). Therefore, the strength of his convictions and the acceptance of sacrifice create indeed a vivid impression of the character. Moreover, he openly admits the challenges facing his business and his ability to support his family, yet "yet my faith was not shaken, nor my efforts for the slaves lessened"(Coffin, n.d.). The power the belief in a higher authority that offered the blessing on the affairs he conducted represented the main argument which drove him forward and enabled him to make the efforts to set in place and conduct the Underground Railway.
The financial support he was able to have at his disposal was an essential element in the entire success of the initiative. This can be seen from the perspective of the system his partners and he managed to set in place. In this sense, they had at every moment a wagon stationed in the places slaves were considered to escape. Most of the times, the journeys were made at night and always careful to avoid slave...
The strategy of protection of the slaves was a rather elaborate process and included every precautionary measure, such as even using different passage roads.
The most interesting thing however is the apparent serenity with which Levi Coffin and his aides endured the harsh conditions in the wild nature, the difficult situations with which they were faced, and the risks they assumed for themselves and for the rest of the group. It is remarkable in this sense the way in which the religious belief in a higher aim and life time goal offers Levi Coffin and believers in general the strength to move beyond physical inconveniences and attain a moral duty for one of his fellow human beings in order for the latter to benefit from the same rights as any other being, regardless of race and skin color.
Bibliography
Jenkins, P. A history of the United States. New York: Palgrave, 1997.
Coffin, Levi. The underground railway.
