deaths
July 16, 1849
Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1764)
Sarah Allen (missionary)
Sarah Allen was an American abolitionist and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is known within the AME Church as The Founding Mother.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan–Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. It cooperates with other Methodist bodies through the World Methodist Council and Wesleyan Holiness Connection.
July 16
July 16 is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 168 days remain until the end of the year.