Land indenture for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church issued to Richard Allen
date: label: Date
content: 1810
name: label: Written by
content: John Douglass, American
label: Subject of
content: Mother Bethel AME Church, American, founded 1794
label: Subject of
content: The Right Reverend Richard Allen, American, 1760 - 1831
notes: label: Description
content: This deed for land issued to buyers is a yellowed paper document with visible creasing. There is inverted scalloping along the top edge, and begins [This Indenture] in large script at the top. The document is issued to Richard Allen, Jonathan Trusty, Robert Green, James Champion, Prince Pruence, Stephen Laws, Jonathan Hut, Richard Howell, and Peter Luck trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church called Bethel Church by Mathew and Hannah Waring, as witnessed by John Douglass and Blath Shobel.
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1783-1815
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and Mattye Reed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.62.2
objectType: label: Type
content: indentures
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink and wax on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (49.5 x 80 cm)