Keywords: African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas.jpg African Episcopal Church of St Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania as the first black Episcopal Church Its congregation developed from the Free African Society a non-denominational group formed by blacks who had left St George's Methodist Church because of discrimination date http //archive episcopalchurch org/images/AAM_parchment_photo1829 jpg unknown but June 1829 Custom license marker 2014 05 01 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Churches in Philadelphia St James Street Philadelphia 0501 5th Street Philadelphia |