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Jarm Logue was a runaway slave from Tennessee who became a lead and well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad. Born to his white owner, David Logue, and his enslaved mother named Cherry, he stole his master's horse at age 21 and escaped to Canada, where he would change his name to Jermain Wesley Loguen. After learning to read and write, Loguen became a minister of the A.M.E. Zion church in 1840. Once he settled in Syracuse, New York with his new family, he began serving many slaves in their anxious quest for freedom via the Underground Railroad. Loguen would construct apartment-like buildings on his private property that would serve as lodging posts for his Underground depot. He filled his own basement with bunks and supplies for runaway slaves. He did so after lobbying with the Syracuse courts to make the city a liberal refuge for runaway slaves. In 1850, Loguen asked that Syracuse be among the states to ignore the Fugitive Slave Act – the same Act that would put him back in captivity. And it was agreed, in a decision of 395 to 96, that Syracuse disinherit the Fugitive Slave Act. But with all acts in history, there were some that didn't react with the changing law.Shortly thereafter, one slave in particular, William Henry, a.k.a. Jerry, was a freed slave who was unjustly arrested on Oct. 1, 1851 under the Fugitive Slave Law. Ironically, it was during the same time the anti-slavery Liberty Party was holding their annual convention. When Loguen, along with members of the party, heard that Jerry had been captured, they formed a mob and broke him out of prison. The event went down as the great "Jerry Rescue" in history. Loguen continued to maintain his own congregation. One of his daughters, Amelia, married the son of Frederick Douglass, and the other, Marinda Sarah Loguen, became one of the first African-American women to practice medicine in the United States.In 1859, Loguen would write the autobiography "The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, a Narrative of Real Life," for which his former master's wife would try to demand $1,000 for after its publication. Loguen responded to her request in a scornful letter published in "The Liberator."
Jarm Logue was a runaway slave from Tennessee who became a lead and well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Jarm Logue was a runaway slave from Tennessee who became a lead and well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad. Born to his white owner, David Logue, and his enslaved mother named Cherry, he stole his master's horse at age 21 and escaped to Canada, where he would change his name to Jermain Wesley Loguen. After learning to read and write, Loguen became a minister of the A.M.E. Zion church in 1840. Once he settled in Syracuse, New York with his new family, he began serving many slaves in their anxious quest for freedom via the Underground Railroad. Loguen would construct apartment-like buildings on his private property that would serve as lodging posts for his Underground depot. He filled his own basement with bunks and supplies for runaway slaves. He did so after lobbying with the Syracuse courts to make the city a liberal refuge for runaway slaves. In 1850, Loguen asked that Syracuse be among the states to ignore the Fugitive Slave Act – the same Act that would put him back in captivity. And it was agreed, in a decision of 395 to 96, that Syracuse disinherit the Fugitive Slave Act. But with all acts in history, there were some that didn't react with the changing law.Shortly thereafter, one slave in particular, William Henry, a.k.a. Jerry, was a freed slave who was unjustly arrested on Oct. 1, 1851 under the Fugitive Slave Law. Ironically, it was during the same time the anti-slavery Liberty Party was holding their annual convention. When Loguen, along with members of the party, heard that Jerry had been captured, they formed a mob and broke him out of prison. The event went down as the great "Jerry Rescue" in history. Loguen continued to maintain his own congregation. One of his daughters, Amelia, married the son of Frederick Douglass, and the other, Marinda Sarah Loguen, became one of the first African-American women to practice medicine in the United States.In 1859, Loguen would write the autobiography "The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, a Narrative of Real Life," for which his former master's wife would try to demand $1,000 for after its publication. Loguen responded to her request in a scornful letter published in "The Liberator."
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