All men free and brethren : essays on the history of African American freemasonry / edited by Peter P. Hinks and Stephen Kantrowitz ; foreword by Leslie A. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinks, Peter P.

Kantrowitz, Stephen David, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American freemasonry--History.

African American freemasonry.

African American freemasons--History.

African American freemasons.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801450303

0801450306

OCLC:

806993672