Rev. Richard Allen
Author of Life Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen
Rev. Richard Allen is Richard Allen (4). For other authors named Richard Allen, see the disambiguation page.
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Image credit: Richard Allen, from the frontispiece of History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1891)
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Black Writers of the Founding Era: A Library of America Anthology (2023) — Contributor — 60 copies, 1 review
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Richard Allen's Pennsylvania slave master allowed him to preach to the slaves
and later let him buy his freedom.
Allen joined the Methodist Church and was elected the first Black Deacon.
After the separate seating controversy, he formed The first African church,
the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.).
He became a Minister, preaching, converting, and inspiring many African Americans
while doctoring white people with Yellow Fever (Africans were alleged to be immune),
and helping slaves from show more The Underground Railroad find food, housing, jobs, and medical care. show less
and later let him buy his freedom.
Allen joined the Methodist Church and was elected the first Black Deacon.
After the separate seating controversy, he formed The first African church,
the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.).
He became a Minister, preaching, converting, and inspiring many African Americans
while doctoring white people with Yellow Fever (Africans were alleged to be immune),
and helping slaves from show more The Underground Railroad find food, housing, jobs, and medical care. show less
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