The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life.

x, 454 pp. 8vo. This edition adds an appendix by Rev. E.P. Rogers, a poem entitled Loguen's Position (also by Rogers), and two letters between J.W. and Sarah Logue (the wife of his former master) written in 1860: upon hearing of his book's publication, Sarah demands financial compensation in exchange for "giv[ing] up all claim I have on you." His reply is quite a dignified one, rebuking her for her outrageous demand, and describing his new life "among a free people, who, I thank God, sympathize with my rights, and the rights of mankind." Loguen was an abolitionist, and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. He escaped slavery, pursued higher education, and opened several schools in central New York State. His Syracuse home was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the assistance he gave to other fugitive slaves is well-documented, including a letter published in one of Frederick Douglass's papers.