History lesson: On this day, April 12, 1787 – PHILADELPHIA’S FREED SLAVES FOUNDED AN INNOVATIVE SOCIETY
ON THIS DAY, April 12, 1787, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, African American Christians, took steps to establish a society in which members of their race could help one another. The Preamble of the resulting Free African Society explained their objectives: (12th, 4th mo., 1778 [sic]) — Whereas, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, two men…