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The Origin and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry, Its Introduction Into the United States, and Legitimacy Among Colored Men
"Delaney…chides white Masons for refusing to deal with black Masons on equal terms." - Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader (2003)
"Black Mason's embrace of this gloriously gendered and racialized narrative of the Masonic genesis is attributable to… Delaney…an early architect of black nationalism." - National Imaginaries, American Identities (2021)
"The explicit purpose of this treatise…was to respond to attempts to undermine the authority of black Freemasons…blacks had been excluded from the U.S. Freemasons." - Liberation Historiography (2004)
"Delaney points out that black exclusivism was forced on blacks by the exclusionary practices of white racist Masons." - Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity (2000)
Does white Masonry owe its Masonic inheritance to the genius of the black man, and were the first Masons black?
In 1853, Martin Robison Delany (1812 – 1885), an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism published the short book, "The Origin and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry, Its Introduction Into the United States, and Legitimacy Among Colored Men."
The purpose of the book was to establish the legitimacy of black Freemasonry, which had come under attack as being fraudulent. Delaney bolsters the image of black freemasonry by establishing the roots of masonry date back to black men which included King Solomon among their ranks.
In this book Delany writes:
"In the year 178—, a number of colored men in Boston, Massachusetts, applied to the proper source for a grant of Masonic privileges, which being denied them, by force of necessity they went to England, which, at that time not recognizing the Masonic fraternity of America, the then acting Grand Master, (recorded on the warrant as the Right Honorable, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland) granted a warrant to the colored men to make Masons and establish Lodges, subject, of course, to the Grand Lodge of England. In course of time, their ties became absolved; not before it was preceded by the establishment of an independent Grand Lodge in Philadelphia, Pa., by colored men, and subsequently, a general Grand Lodge, known as the First Independent African Grand Lodge of North America."
"Black Mason's embrace of this gloriously gendered and racialized narrative of the Masonic genesis is attributable to… Delaney…an early architect of black nationalism." - National Imaginaries, American Identities (2021)
"The explicit purpose of this treatise…was to respond to attempts to undermine the authority of black Freemasons…blacks had been excluded from the U.S. Freemasons." - Liberation Historiography (2004)
"Delaney points out that black exclusivism was forced on blacks by the exclusionary practices of white racist Masons." - Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity (2000)
Does white Masonry owe its Masonic inheritance to the genius of the black man, and were the first Masons black?
In 1853, Martin Robison Delany (1812 – 1885), an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism published the short book, "The Origin and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry, Its Introduction Into the United States, and Legitimacy Among Colored Men."
The purpose of the book was to establish the legitimacy of black Freemasonry, which had come under attack as being fraudulent. Delaney bolsters the image of black freemasonry by establishing the roots of masonry date back to black men which included King Solomon among their ranks.
In this book Delany writes:
"In the year 178—, a number of colored men in Boston, Massachusetts, applied to the proper source for a grant of Masonic privileges, which being denied them, by force of necessity they went to England, which, at that time not recognizing the Masonic fraternity of America, the then acting Grand Master, (recorded on the warrant as the Right Honorable, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland) granted a warrant to the colored men to make Masons and establish Lodges, subject, of course, to the Grand Lodge of England. In course of time, their ties became absolved; not before it was preceded by the establishment of an independent Grand Lodge in Philadelphia, Pa., by colored men, and subsequently, a general Grand Lodge, known as the First Independent African Grand Lodge of North America."
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First published January 1, 1853
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Martin R. Delany
17 books20 followersMartin Robinson Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, writer and proponent of black nationalism. Delany was born in Charles Town, Virginia and raised and in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1850, Delany was among the first three black students admitted to Harvard Medical School, from which they were dismissed weeks after their admission due to student protests. Delany traveled throughout the South in 1839 to observe slavery there, and in 1847 started working with Frederick Douglass to publish North Star, an anti-slavery newspaper.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Delany returned to the United States after living in Canada and visiting Liberia. By 1863, Delany was recruiting blacks for the United States Colored Troops. In 1865, Delany became the first African-American field grade officer in the United States Army, having been commissioned as a major. After the American Civil War, Delany settled in South Carolina and pursued a political career before his death in 1885 as a member of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
In 1850, Delany was among the first three black students admitted to Harvard Medical School, from which they were dismissed weeks after their admission due to student protests. Delany traveled throughout the South in 1839 to observe slavery there, and in 1847 started working with Frederick Douglass to publish North Star, an anti-slavery newspaper.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Delany returned to the United States after living in Canada and visiting Liberia. By 1863, Delany was recruiting blacks for the United States Colored Troops. In 1865, Delany became the first African-American field grade officer in the United States Army, having been commissioned as a major. After the American Civil War, Delany settled in South Carolina and pursued a political career before his death in 1885 as a member of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
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March 20, 2021
Decent
Good overview of the ancient history of freemasonry. Not very comprehensive and didn't go into much detail of the origins of Prince Hall Free masonry, but a decent history lesson nonetheless
Good overview of the ancient history of freemasonry. Not very comprehensive and didn't go into much detail of the origins of Prince Hall Free masonry, but a decent history lesson nonetheless
September 6, 2022
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