The "Preamble" and "Articles" of the Free African Society (FAS) provide a succinct portrait of the organization, the first of its kind in Philadelphia, and probably the first in America.

and attempted to work more closely with the Free African Society in a wide range of social, political and educational activity In 1787, PAS organized local efforts to support the crusade to ban ...

On his mother’s side he could claim Absalom Jones, co-founder of the Free African Society, an early (1787) mutual support group for the city’s free blacks. His older brother Robert became a ...

In 1787, Allen, Absalom Jones and other Black community leaders formed the Free African Society in Philadelphia, meeting at Allen’s house, with the main goal of providing aid to newly freed ...