[Marxism-Thaxis] Prince Hall Masonry

[Charles Brown]

Prince Hall Masonry


Main article: Prince Hall Freemasonry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hall_Freemasonry  

In 1775 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775 , an African American   named
Prince Hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hall  was initiated into
an Irish Constitution Military Lodge, along with fourteen other African
Americans, all of whom were free by birth. When the Military Lodge left the
area, the African Americans were given the authority to meet as a Lodge,
form Processions on the days of the Saints John, and conduct Masonic
funerals, but not to confer degrees nor to do other Masonic Work. These
individuals applied for, and obtained, a Warrant for Charter from the Grand
Lodge of England in 1784   and formed African Lodge #459. Despite being
stricken from the rolls (like all American Grand Lodges after the 1813 
merger of the Antients and the Moderns) the Lodge restyled itself as the
African Lodge #1 (not to be confused with the various Grand Lodges on the
Continent of Africa  ), and separated itself from UGLE-recognised Masonry.
This led to a tradition of separate, predominantly African American
jurisdictions in North America, known collectively as Prince Hall
Freemasonry. Widespread racism   and segregation   in North America made it
impossible for African Americans to join many so-called mainstream Lodges,
and many mainstream Grand Lodges in North America refused to recognize as
legitimate the Prince Hall Lodges and Prince Hall Masons in their territory.

Presently, Prince Hall Masonry is recognized by some UGLE-recognized Grand
Lodges and not by others, and appears to be working its way toward full
recognition (see [1] http://www.mindspring.com/~johnsonx/whoisph.htm ). It
is also no longer unusual for traditional lodges to have significant numbers
of African-American members.



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[Marxism-Thaxis] Prince Hall

[Charles Brown]

Prince Hall

clergyman, abolitionist
Born: 1748
Birthplace: Barbados


Hall established the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and
Accepted Masons of Boston in 1775. It was the first lodge of black
Freemasons in the world. The lodge received a permanent charter from the
Grand Lodge of England in 1784. The secret fraternity, which still exists,
promoted brotherly love and social, political, and economic improvement for
its members. 

Hall arrived in Boston in 1765 and was a slave for William Hall. He was
freed in 1770, shortly after the Boston Massacre, and worked at a variety of
jobs, including as a leather worker for the Boston Regiment of Artillery. He
was one of a few black men who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Hall became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and
advocated black rights and the abolition of slavery. He opened a school for
black children in his home.

Died: 1807




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