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The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours

Written by Himself

Richard Allen · 1760–1831

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Richard Allen's own account of his life — born a slave in Philadelphia, converted under Methodist preaching, buying his freedom, and founding the African Methodist Episcopal Church — with the 1793 yellow-fever narrative and his addresses to those who kept slaves and to the free people of colour.

I was born in the year of our Lord 1760, on February 14th, a slave to Benjamin Chew, of Philadelphia. My mother and father and four children of us were sold into Delaware State, near Dover, and I was a child and lived with him until I was upwards of twenty years of age, during which time I was awakened and brought to see myself…
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Contents

  1. 1 Preface 1 min
  2. 2 The Life of Richard Allen 35 min
  3. 3 African Supplement 6 min
  4. 4 Acts of Faith 3 min
  5. 5 Acts of Hope 2 min
  6. 6 Acts of Love 1 min
  7. 7 A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Coloured People 28 min
  8. 8 To Matthew Clarkson, Esq. Mayor of the City of Philadelphia 3 min
  9. 9 An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves 4 min
  10. 10 To the People of Colour 3 min
  11. 11 A Short Address to the Friends of Him Who Hath No Helper 23 min

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