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Richard Allen

    A decorative statue of the black abolitionist and AME church founder Richard Allen (1760–1831) was to have been placed on the Centennial Exposition grounds, but the project ran afoul of the era’s racial politics. A jury-rigged statue was finally mounted only days before the fair closed, and it was removed shortly thereafter. 

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    "Richard Allen, Bishop of the first African Methodist Episcopal Church,"Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, New York Public Library Digital Collections; Digital Public Library of America