All men free and brethren : essays on the history of African American freemasonry /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hinks, Peter P., Kantrowitz, Stephen David, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • A chronology of major events in Prince Hall freemasonry
  • Introduction : the revolution in freemasonry / by Peter P. Hinks and Stephen Kantrowitz
  • Emancipation and the social origins of black freemasonry, 1775-1800 / by Chernoh M. Sesay, Jr.
  • "To commence a new era in the moral world" : John Telemachus Hilton, abolitionism, and the expansion of black freemasonry, 1784-1860 / by Peter P. Hinks
  • "A late thing I guess" : the early years of Philadelphia's African Masonic Lodge / by Julie Winch
  • Nation and oration : the political language of African American freemasonry in the early republic / by Corey D.B. Walker
  • Brotherhood denied : black freemasonry and the limits of Reconstruction / by Stephen Kantrowitz
  • "They are nevertheless our brethren" : the Order of Eastern Star and the battle for women's leadership, 1874-1925 / by Brittney C. Cooper
  • The Prince Hall masons and the African-American church : the labors of Grand Master and Bishop James Walker Hood, 1831-1918 / by David Hackett
  • "Arguing for our race" : the politics of non-recognition and the public nature of the Black Masonic Archive / by Martin Summers.