Person · 1813–1872
Jermain Wesley Loguen
The "Underground Railroad King" of Syracuse, a formerly enslaved minister who aided some 1,500 people.
A fearless agent of the [[underground-railroad]].
Jermain Loguen escaped slavery, became an AME Zion minister, and openly ran Syracuse as an UGRR hub, daring authorities to arrest him and helping lead the 1851 Jerry Rescue.