"Jermain Wesley Loguen" (February 5,1813-September 30,18720

Was born into slavery Davidson County,Tennessee.His mama was owned by Jermain daddy and master.In 1834,Wesley escaped from bondage and fled to St.Cathrine's,Ontario where he stayed briefly before finding his way to Rochester,New York,where in 1837,he enrolled in Beriah Green's Oneida Institute.By 1840,Wesley,now an African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) minister,had married and moved to Syracuse to lead a church.He stayed only briefly in Syracuse,New York before he spent three of the next few years at Bath,Maine,and another two Ithaca,New York serving as an AME Zion minister.He was also an active school teacher and a "conductor" in the Underground Railroad.Settling permanently in Syracuse,he built apartments on his privately owned property to serve as hiding posts and lodging for freedom seekers or runaway slaves.Many historians agree that Wesley's own home was a widely known station on the Underground Railroad and his basement was fitted with bunks and other equipments for fugitive slaves.In 1869 his daughter,Amelia,married Lewis Douglass,the son of orator,author and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.Another daughter,Marinda S.Loguen,later known as Sarah Loguen,graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1876,becoming one of the first African American women in the country to practice medicine.