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Jermain Wesley Loguen (February 5, 1813 – September 30, 1872), born Jarm Logue, in slavery,〔Fergus M. Bordewich, ''Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement'', at 318 (Amistad 2005).〕 was an African-American abolitionist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and an author of a slave narrative. ==Biography== Jarm Logue was born to an enslaved woman, named Cherry, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and a white man, David Logue (his "owner"). At age 21, he successfully escaped bondage on his second attempt with help from his mother, stealing his master's horse and following the Underground Railroad north, finally crossing into Canada. Jarm Logue added an "n" to the end of his last name, learned to read, worked various jobs in Canada and New York, studied at the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, opened schools for black children in Utica, New York and Syracuse. Loguen settled in Syracuse, where his house became a major ''depot'' (stop) on the Underground Railroad. Loguen was involved in rescuing William Henry, a cooper and a former slave. On October 1, 1851, Henry, known as "Jerry", was arrested under the Fugitive Slave Law. The anti-slavery Liberty Party was holding its state convention in the city, and when word of the arrest spread, several hundred abolitionists broke into the city jail and freed Jerry. The event came to be widely known as the Jerry Rescue. Loguen became an elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and took the middle name Wesley after John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement. He held various church posts and was appointed bishop in 1868.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jermain Wesley Loguen )〕 Loguen became a popular abolitionist speaker and authored an autobiography, ''The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, a Narrative of Real Life'' (1859). The wife of his former master, Sarah Logue, wrote Loguen demanding $1000 compensation. Loguen wrote a scathing reply which was published in ''The Liberator''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jermain Wesley Loguen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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