Taken from the 1859 biography entitled The Rev. J.W. Loguen as a Slave and as a Freeman, this work follows Loguen's life from when he first arrives in Syracuse in 1841 and becomes a preacher and underground railroad depot conductor to his participation in the famous Jerry Rescue in which a fellow fugitive slave was arrested and shackled by Federal marshals in 1851. An irate abolitionist mob later freed Jerry.
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". . .contains a vivid account of the Jerry Rescue." -- Syracuse Post-Standard (Dick Case), August 7, 2001
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While Loguen provided much of the material for this narrative, the actual composition was done by John Thomas, a journalist from Baltimore who had studied at the Yale Divinity School and was a long-time friend of Loguen. This is according to Carol Hunter in her scholarly work Setting the Captives Free.
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Stop on the Underground Railroad: A Treasure,
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This review is from: A Stop on the Underground Railroad: Rev. J.W. Loguen & Syracuse (Paperback)
A great service has been done by republishing this 1859 biography of a great American. Rev. Loguen played an enormous role in ensuring freedom, education and employment for African Americans in the latter part of the 19th century. He should be in our history books, and in our consciousness, right alongside Frederick Douglass.
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This review is from: A Stop on the Underground Railroad: Rev. J.W. Loguen & Syracuse (Paperback)
Matt Mulcahy (WTVH5 News Anchor, Syracuse) sent me (publisher) an e-mail in which he said "...you're opening my eyes to history that I might not otherwise see."
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IN THE YEAR of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, Mr. Loguen began his residence in Syracuse, and with the exception of five years-three at Bath, Steuben county, two at Ithaca, Tompkins county, N.Y.-has resided there ever since. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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IN THE YEAR of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, Mr. Loguen began his residence in Syracuse, and with the exception of five years-three at Bath, Steuben county, two at Ithaca, Tompkins county, N.Y.-has resided there ever since. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fugitive slave law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gerrit Smith, James Davis, New York, City Hall, Clinton Square, Harry Allen, Liberty Party Paper, Lydia Fuller, Manasseth Logue, Moses Summers New!
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- African American Lives by Henry Louis Gates Jr. on page 542, and Index
- Stickball Stories by Harold Hofmann in Back Matter
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