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Richard Allen (1803–1886) was a draper, a philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin. Allen raised £20,000 to help the Irish famine by writing letters to America. [1]
Richard Allen was active in the Philadelphia abolitionist movement. In December of 1799, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and sixty-nine other Black Philadelphians sent a petition to Congress urging the end of the international slave trade and a gradual emancipation plan. The petition also addressed the rights of free black men.
Bishop Richard Allen (1760–1831) was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the largest of the nation's all-black organizations. Elected the first bishop of the AME Church in 1816, Allen focused on organizing a denomination in which free Black people could worship without racial oppression and enslaved people could find a ...
Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church, he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787, a mutual aid society for African Americans in the city.
Pages in category "African-American abolitionists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 219 total. ... Richard Allen (bishop) Sarah ...
Richard Allen was arrested in 2022 and ultimately charged with four counts of murder in connection with the 2017 deaths of Abigail "Abby" Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, who were ...
Richard Allen (abolitionist) (1803–1886), draper, philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin; Richard Allen (bishop) (1760–1831), African-American bishop, founder of AME Church; Richard L. Allen (1803–1869), United States agricultural writer; Richard Allen (publisher) (1814–1884), publisher in Nottingham
This courtroom sketch depicts defendant Richard Allen with defense attorney Andrew Baldwin at the Carroll County Courthouse on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2024. Allen is on trial in Delphi, Indiana, on ...