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(RELIGION.) ALLEN, RICHARD. Life, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen . . . Written by Himself. Portrait frontispiece. 69 pages. Small 8vo, original blind-stamped black cloth with the title in gilt on the upper cover. Philadelphia, 1888
second edition of a rare and important book. Richard Allen (1760-1831) was a minister, educator, author and one of America's most active and influential black leaders. In 1794 he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the United States.
