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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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Statements (48)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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