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10. Mai 2021 · Who Was Richard Allen? Minister, educator and writer Richard Allen was born into slavery. He later converted to Methodism and bought his freedom. Fed up with the treatment of African American...
Richard Allen (born February 14, 1760, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died March 26, 1831, Philadelphia) was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a major American denomination. Soon after Allen was born, to enslaved parents, the family was sold to a Delaware farmer.
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Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States.
9. Juni 2021 · Richard Allen was born February 14, 1760, enslaved to Benjamin Chew, a Quaker lawyer in Philadelphia. As a child, he was sold to Stokley Sturgis, a plantation owner in Dover, DE where Allen taught himself to read and write. Allen’s owner was involved in the Methodist Church and permitted his slaves to attend their services. Allen ...
11. Okt. 2010 · People & Ideas: Richard Allen. Born into slavery in 1760, Richard Allen became a Methodist preacher, an outspoken advocate of racial equality and a founder of the African Methodist Church (AME...
18. Okt. 2007 · Born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1760, Richard Allen went on to become an educator, writer, minister and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Benjamin Chew, a Quaker lawyer, owned the Allen family, which included Richard’s parents and three other children. Chew eventually sold the Allen ...
Richard was married to his first wife, Flora Allen from 1790 until her death in 1801. Flora was a former slave who “assumed his innermost burdens as her own…and shared his vision of creating a strong and independent black church.” He married his second wife, Sarah Bass, later in 1801.
