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April 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
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2022-04-12

Happy Birthday to Richard Allen, Prince Hall Mason and Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, born on this day in 1760.
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2022-02-14

July 29, 1794: Richard Allen opened Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 6th Street in Philadelphia.
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2021-07-29

April 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-04-12