Elymas Payson Rogers (1815-1861) — Log College Press Annex

Elymas Payson Rogers (1815-1861)

Elmyas Payson Rogers arrived as a missionary at Cape Palmas, Liberia in late 1860, but died “from an attack of fever” less than two months later in January 1861.

Loosed From Your Moorings You Are Free (1853)

The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Considered (1854)

The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life (1859)

Loosed From Your Moorings You Are Free (1853)

This untitled poem was contributed by E.P. Rogers to the June 10, 1853 edition of Fredercik Douglass’ Paper. — This untitled poem was contributed by E.P. Rogers to the June 10, 1853 edition of *Fredercik Douglass’ Paper*.

The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Considered (1854)

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The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life (1859)

This is an autobiographical account by a friend of E.P. Rogers, whose testimony, originally intended to be the preface, appears at the end of the book in an Appendix, along with a poem by Rogers titled Loguen’s Position. — This is an autobiographical account by a friend of E.P. Rogers, whose testimony, originally intended to be the preface, appears at the end of the book in an Appendix, along with a poem by Rogers titled *Loguen’s Position*.