Richard Allen

  • American

Richard Allen was born into slavery, but became a American bishop. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
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 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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