Richard Allen
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 193 years ago |
Date of birth | February 14,1760 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Delaware Colony |
Date of died | March 26,1831 |
Died | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Church | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Spouse | Sarah Allen |
Children | John |
Movies/Shows | Lost in Translation |
Tempest | |
Metal Messiah | |
Buri | Mother Bethel AME Church |
Philadelphia | |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Founded | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Free African Society | |
Nationality | American |
Ordin | 1799; by Francis Asbury |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 429120 |
Richard Allen Life story
Richard Allen 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, the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.