The Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen was a pioneering figure in early nineteenth-century abolitionism and African American literature. A highly respected leader in th

This volume contains the biography of Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen from his infancy and childhood, to his time spent in a Southern prison, through the wilderness

A new interpretation of the Underground Railroad that places violence at the center of the story.

Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.