Richard Allen

By Steve Klots, Nathan Irvin Huggins

Subjects: Juvenile literature, African Methodist Episcopal Ch, Clergy, Methodist Church, United States, Bishops, Methodist Church (U.S.), Allen, Richard,, African Americans, Biography, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1760-1831, Afro-Americans, Children: Grades 4-6

Description: Summary, Describes the life of the Afro-American leader who rose from slavery to become a minister, founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and participated in the first National Negro Convention.