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About Richard Allen
Richard Allen was an American 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.
Everything about Richard Allen →- Occupation
- pastor, human rights defender, abolitionist, religious leader
- Position held
- bishop
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 14, 1760
- Died
- March 26, 1831