Robert Meacham (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Meacham (1835 - 1902) was an African-American leader in Florida during Reconstruction. He helped to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Florida and acted as a minister. In 1868 he helped write Florida's Constitution. He went on to win a seat in the Florida state legislature as a state senator. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination based in the United States. It was founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the mid-Atlantic area that wanted independence from white Methodists. Allen was elected its first bishop in 1816.