![]() | The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life Subjects: Loguen Jermain Wesley; African American abolitionists -- United States -- Biography; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States; Underground railroad; The Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen was a pioneering figure in early nineteenth-century abolitionism and African American literature. A highly respected leader in the AME Zion Church, Rev. Loguen was popularly known as the "Underground Railroad King" in Syracuse, where he helped over 1,500 fugitives escape from slavery. With a charismatic and often controversial style, Loguen lectured alongside Frederick Douglass and worked closely with well-known abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman, William Wells Brown, and William Lloyd Garrison, among others. Jennifer A. Williamson is director of Gender Mainstreaming and Women's Empowerment at ACDI/VOCA, a global development organization. She is the author of Twentieth-Century Sentimentalism: Narrative Appropriation in American Literature. |
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