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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instanceOf African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop
Underground Railroad conductor
abolitionist
bishop
human
alsoKnownAs J. W. Loguen NERFINISHED
Reverend J. W. Loguen NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke (apoplexy)
child Sarah Loguen Fraser NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
Oneida Institute NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Loguen NERFINISHED
genre slave narrative
givenName Jermain NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
memberOf African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church NERFINISHED
middleName Wesley NERFINISHED
mother Cherry (enslaved woman) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
occupation abolitionist
author
clergyman
participatedIn Jerry Rescue (Syracuse, 1851) NERFINISHED
Underground Railroad activities in New York State
placeOfBirth Davidson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED
positionHeld bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
socialRole community leader in Syracuse, New York
spouse Caroline Storum Loguen NERFINISHED
workLocation Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED

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Jerry Rescue case hasParticipant Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen