Harris' masonic text-book; a concise historical sketch of masonry, and the organization of masonic grand lodges, and especially of masonry among colored men in America .. (1902)
Harris, Harrison Llewellyn · Petersburg, Va., The Masonic visitor company · leaf 82
the teachings and edicts of their masters,or other white men who were supposed to be learnedin any particular art or calling. Hence, when whitemen announced that negroes could not be Masons be-cause the Land-marks declare that A candidate forMasonry must be free born, &c, our people veryreadily… … M. W. ANTHONY A. PORTLOCK. FIRST GRAND MASTER OF THE M. W. UNION {NationalCompact) GRAND LODGE—A. F. AND A. M. MASONIC TEXT-BOOK. 69 Craft. The best information obtainable on this sub-ject warrants us in the saying that this was theway in which the first Masons in our State receivedthe Light. The…
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