America's Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities

America's Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities — page 3
1812 Richard Allen Absalom Jones and James Forten organize an all black unit to protect Philadelphia during the War of 1812 1808 Absalom Jones preaches his first Thanksgiving Day sermon in celebration of the end of the trans Atlantic slave trade 1794 Absalom Jones founds St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia Richard Allen founds Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia Andrew Bryan builds First African Baptist Church in Savannah Georgia 1793 Richard Allen and Absalom Jones provide relief efforts during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793