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Article: Allen, Sarah
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Sarah Allen
Missionary Sarah Allen (1764
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1849) was one of the most famous and revered church women of her time, beloved for establishing the first recognized charity organization for female parishioners and honored as the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church's first female missionary. She also aided runaway slaves through the famous Underground Railroad.
While almost nothing is definitively known about Allen's origins, scholars agree that Sarah Allen was born into slavery in 1764 in Virginia's Isle of Wight with a recorded maiden name of Bass, a detail that has led some historians to speculate about her lineage, without empirical results. Allen was eight years old when she ...
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Article: Obituary: Richard Allen; Drummer behind the Motown ...
The Independent - London;
July 19, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... America". Nicknamed "the Pistol", Richard Allen was the drummer on many of the biggest ... Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1932, Richard Allen moved to Michigan in the mid-Fifties ... backing tracks for the Motown talent. Richard Allen acquired the nickname "Pistol" because ...
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