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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.

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   May 10, 2021 · Richard Allen founded the first national Black church in the United States, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816. Death date: March 26, 1831

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   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.

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4. rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.govRichard Allen and the Origins of the AME Church ...

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   Jun 9, 2021 · Learn about Richard Allen, a former slave who became a preacher, a founder of the Free African Society, and the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Explore his life, legacy, and documents from the National Archives Catalog.

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Bishop Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom. Produced by Dr. Mark Tyler, this documentary looks at the life of Bishop Richard Allen featuring voices from his family, the AME Church,...

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   May 29, 2018 · Richard Allen was an abolitionist and the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Allen was born a slave on February 14, 1760, in Philadelphia to parents owned by Benjamin Chew , the colony’s attorney general and chief justice of the High Court of Appeals.

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   Where did Bishop Richard Allen die?

   • Allen died at his home on Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1831. He was laid to rest under Bethel Church. In 2008, Richard Newman and NYU Press published an acclaimed biography of Allen — Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church and the Black Founding Fathers.

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   Who was Richard Allen?

   • 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. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.

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   What did Bishop Allen do for a living?

   • From 1797 until his 1831 death, Bishop Allen and his wife Sarah operated a station in the "City of Brotherly Love" on the Underground Railroad on the East Coast line for fugitive enslaved people fleeing from further south in the slave and border states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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   What did Bishop Allen believe in?

   • Bishop Allen presided at the conference and reaffirmed his belief that Methodism pointed the way to freedom from sin and freedom from slavery. A decade later, organizational activity continued, with Allen in the center. In September 1830, Allen oversaw the first National Negro Convention, held at Bethel Church.

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   Who was the first black bishop?

   • Delegates also elected the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Reverend Daniel Coker of Baltimore. Coker declined and Allen was named in his place. On April 11, 1816, Allen became the first black bishop in the United States. Five ordained ministers, including Absalom Jones, participated in the ceremony.

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   Where can I find a biography of Richard Allen?

   • Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom (1935), scholarly biography online Richard Allen, The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, Philadelphia: Martin & Boden, Printers, 1833, full text online at Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina. Scot McKnight, "Shame on the Philadelphia Methodists".

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8. www.christianitytoday.com › richard-allenRichard Allen | Christian History | Christianity Today

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   Allen was ordained an elder and then consecrated as bishop—the first black to hold such an office in America.