Richard Allen

Date of Birth: February 14, 1760

Place of Birth: Kent County, Delaware Colony

Date of Death: March 26, 1831

Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ethnicity: African-American

Richard Allen was an American minister, educator, and writer. He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Richard was the slave of Delaware farmer Stockley Sturgis. At the age of seventeen, Richard converted to the Methodist faith.