Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen

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Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen was a prominent African American abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church who played a key role in resisting the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Jermain Wesley Loguen 2
J. W. Loguen 1
Reverend J. W. Loguen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop
Underground Railroad conductor
abolitionist
bishop
human
alsoKnownAs J. W. Loguen
Reverend J. W. Loguen
causeOfDeath stroke (apoplexy)
child Sarah Loguen Fraser
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1813-02-05
dateOfDeath 1872-09-30
educatedAt Hamilton College (informal studies)
linked to: Hamilton College

Oneida Institute
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Loguen
genre slave narrative
givenName Jermain
hasLanguage English
memberOf African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
middleName Wesley
mother Cherry (enslaved woman)
movement abolitionism
notableFor advocacy for armed resistance to slave catchers
leadership among African American clergy in the antebellum North
leadership in African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church expansion in upstate New York
leadership in the Jerry Rescue of 1851
operating his home in Syracuse as an open station on the Underground Railroad
publicly declaring himself a "fugitive slave" defying the Fugitive Slave Act
resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
work on the Underground Railroad
notableWork The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman
occupation abolitionist
author
clergyman
participatedIn Jerry Rescue (Syracuse, 1851)
Underground Railroad activities in New York State
placeOfBirth Davidson County, Tennessee
placeOfDeath Syracuse, New York
linked to: Syracuse
positionHeld bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
religion Methodism
residence Syracuse, New York
linked to: Syracuse
sexOrGender male
socialRole community leader in Syracuse, New York
spouse Caroline Storum Loguen
workLocation Syracuse, New York
linked to: Syracuse

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Jerry Rescue case hasParticipant Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
Peterboro, New York hasNotableResident Jermain Wesley Loguen
linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
National Negro Convention movement hasParticipant Jermain Wesley Loguen
linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
Jermain Wesley Loguen alsoKnownAs Reverend J. W. Loguen
subject linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
Jermain Wesley Loguen alsoKnownAs J. W. Loguen
subject linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen
linked to: Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen