Jermain Loguen (1813-1872) escaped from slavery in Tennessee, becoming a prolific Underground Railroad activist and a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. The son of his white slaveholder, Loguen escaped from Tennessee in 1834, settling in Canada West for several years and changing his name from “Jarm Logue.” By the 1840s, Loguen relocated to Syracuse, New York, where his very public assistance to freedom seekers earned him the title of the “Underground Railroad King.”
ESSAYS: Barker // Blackett // Bordewich // Crew // Foner // Jackson // LaRoche // Sinha
ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker // UGRR Operative