Jermain Wesley Loguen - New York History Net. Jermain Wesley Loguen was born into slavery in Tennesee. He escaped to St. Catherine's Ontario, and later went to work in Rochester. After receiving his religious (and abolitionist) education at the Oneida Institute, in Whitesboro, NY, he became an Elder, Minister, and ultimately Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. As Stationmaster of the underground railroad in Syracuse, Loguen published in the local newspapers his calls for aid to fugitives from slavery, as well as an acounting of how he spent the money received. His was reported to be the most openly operated station in the state, if not the country. The University of Michigan Digital Library provides a searchable version of Loguen's autobiography (or here) which was edited by abolitionist John Thomas.
An excellent book on Loguen, To Set the Captives Free has been published by Carol M. Jermain and Caroline Loguen. Jermain and Caroline Loguen 293 East Genesee Street Corner Pine and Genesee Syracuse, New York Site only While many abolitionists, both African American and European American, aided freedom seekers in Syracuse, Jermain and Caroline Loguen’s home became the major stopping point by the mid-1850s.
Born into slavery in Tennessee about 1813, Loguen escaped in 1834. In 1855, the couple had six living children at home, Latiecha, aged 13; Amelia, aged 12; Garret, aged 7; Marinda, aged 5; William, aged 3; and Mary, aged 1. Loguen became a school teacher, an AME Zion minister and later bishop, an abolitionist lecturer, and chief agent of the underground railroad in Syracuse. In 1869, Amelia Loguen married Lewis Douglass, son of Frederick Douglass, in the Loguens’ home. In 1848, Loguen purchased about one-half acre of land on the north side of the Genesee Turnpike at the corner of Pine Street for $800 from Joseph and Sarah Chapman on Block 224, Lot 1, “excepting and reserving thereout [?]
Bibliography. The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman.: A narrative of real life. Jermain W. Loguen's Speech. Jermain W. Loguen's Speech From the book, Jermain Wesley Loguen as a Slave and a Freeman. The Post-Standard Newspaper Archive - Search Old Newspaper Articles Online. The Freedom Trail in Syracuse and Onondaga County, NY. Genealogy Databases available at OCPL. Available to Central, City and Suburban Libraries HeritageQuest Online A collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture, including a complete set of U.S.
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