Richard Allen
American
Richard Allen was born into slavery, but became a American bishop. - AsNotedIn
Richard Allen was born into slavery, but became a American bishop. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Architect | Antioch Missionary Baptist Church | Houston, TX | |||||
| 1760/02/14 | Negro Richard is born a slave on the Delaware property of Benjamin Chew, a Quaker lawyer. | Born | Richard Allen's Birthday | ||||
| 1768/00/00 | Benjamin Chew sells Negro Richard, along with all members of his family, to fellow Delaware plantation owner, Stokeley Sturgis. | Life | |||||
| 1776/00/00 | At age 17, Richard becomes a member of the Methodist Society. | Faith | |||||
| 1780/00/00 | Richard and his brothers buy their freedom for $2,000 each. Richard changes his name to Richard Allen. After deciding his religious beliefs did not allow him to own slaves, Stockley offered the deal. | Recalled to Life | |||||
| 1784/00/00 | At St George's, Richard Alien is licensed to preach by the Methodists in America. | Vocation | St George's Methodist Church, Philly | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1786/00/00 | Methodist elders call Allen to minister to blacks at St George's ME Church at a 5:00 AM service on Sundays. Black participation is tolerated if they occupy the Negro pews which are in the rear, side, or the galleries, and otherwise keep their place. | Vocation | St George's Methodist Church, Philly | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1787/04/12 | The Free African Society is established by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones to provide a social-religious services for the blacks in Philadelphia. | Vocation | |||||
| 1793/00/00 | After a split with Absalom Jones on the question of the denomination of the new church, Alien establishes the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. | Vocation | Mother Bethel AME Church | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1793/09/00 | The Free African Society form a paramedical staff which will save 200-300 lives during the yellow fever epidemic. Answering Dr Rush's plea for help, the Society provided all medical and health services from nursing the sick to burial of the dead. | Vocation | Mother Bethel AME Church | Philadelphia, PA | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
| 1817/01/00 | Richard Allen host a meeting at Bethal opposing the American Colonization Society scheme to resettle free blacks from the United States to Sierra Leone in West Africa. | Life | Mother Bethel AME Church | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1831/03/26 | Bishop Richard Allen dies at home (lost) on 150 Spruce Street in Philadelphia. | Died | |||||
| 1831/03/31 | The funeral for Bishop Richard Allen is held on the day in March. Allen's tomb is in the crypt Mother Bethel AME Church near a museum that holds his bible, pulpit and other historical items. | In Memoriam | Mother Bethel AME Church | Philadelphia, PA |
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