Richard Allen's legacy

Reading about Richard Allen answered many of my questions about the AME church and its beginnings, which seems particularly important to understand at this moment in history. The fact that he converted his master but still had to purchase his freedom is mirrored by the change in Methodism that occurred to push him away from that religious establishment. Moreover, the things that drew Allen to Methodism - "the fervor with which the gospel was advanced, openness to the poor and to the blacks that once had been the norm in Methodist societies, and the staunch abolitionism that had been a trademark of Wesleyan preachers" - began to dissolve, and this seems (taken in today's context) a parallel to some of our own problems. He does seem to be more Wesleyan than any of Wesley's followers - a proper radical again the ills of society, ready to make the jump when circumstances called. Are we nowadays taking the course of Allen, or the establishment? I love the idea that Dickerson proposes: "to rally around Richard Allen and his vision of Methodism." I am further interested now in how Allen's course ran, and how the AME church today compares with the UMC church. What would the parallels be in their current manifestations? How similar are we now to the ideas of the original Wesleyan followers - and does it technically matter if we stay true to those ideals, as transformation is a natural part of religion?