Title: Delaware Day 2020 - Expanding the Delaware Story: Bishop Richard Allen скачать в хорошем качестве

Title: Delaware Day 2020 - Expanding the Delaware Story: Bishop Richard Allen

Richard Allen was born enslaved on Feb. 14, 1760. As a young child Allen and his family were sold to Stokely Sturgis a farmer living in Dover, Delaware. Sturgis permitted Allen to attend religious meetings and, later, to purchase his own freedom. Allen joined the Methodist Church and preached in Delaware and adjoining states. He was a founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church which was established in Philadelphia in 1816. Allen died on March 26, 1831. Additional information: • https://bit.ly/BishopRichardAllenLife - The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. Documenting the American South. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. For more on Delaware Day 2020: https://history.delaware.gov/delaware... HCA website https://history.delaware.gov/ HCA Facebook   / savingdelawarehistory