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.