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e. John Wesley (/ ˈwɛsli / WESS-lee; [1] 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.
Samuel Annesley. Mary White. Susanna Wesley (née Annesley; 20 January 1669 – 23 July 1742) was the daughter of Samuel Annesley and Mary White, and the mother of John and Charles. “…although she never preached a sermon or published a book or founded a church, (she) is known as the Mother of Methodism.
Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen (February 5, 1813 – September 30, 1872), born Jarm Logue, in slavery, [1] [full citation needed] was an African-American abolitionist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and an author of a slave narrative.
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' 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. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.
The abolitionist legacy from Reconstruction to the NAACP (1995) online; McPherson, James M. The Negro's Civil War: how American Blacks felt and acted during the war for the Union (1965) online; Newman, Richard S. and Roy E. Finkenbine, "Black Founders in the New Republic" William and Mary Quarterly (2007) 64#1 pp. 83–94 online
Anna Maria Weems was born in Maryland around 1840 to John, a freeman, and Arabella Talbot Weems, an enslaved woman owned by Adam Robb. [5][a] Her mother was described as a woman of "superior culture and endowments". [7] Arabella's mother, Cecelia Talbot, was also owned by Robb. [8][9] They all lived in Montgomery County where Robb owned and ...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nationality. American. Other names. Sara Allen and Mother Allen. Occupation. Abolitionist. Sarah Allen (also known as Sara Allen[1] and Mother Allen; [2] née Bass; 1764 – July 16, 1849) was an American abolitionist and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is known within the AME Church as The ...
Their father, judge John Faucheraud Grimké, was a strong advocate of slavery. A wealthy planter who owned several successful plantations [7]: 8 and hundreds of slaves, Grimké had 14 children with his wife and had at least three children with enslaved women. Three of his children died in infancy. [8]