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	Africans in America/Part 2/Prince Hall
		Prince Hall, one of Boston's most prominent citizens during the revolutionary period, was the founder of the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Boston, the world's first lodge of fl Freemasonry and the first society in American history devoted to social, political, and economic improvement.
		Hall was active in the affairs of Boston's fl community, using his position as "Worshipful Master" of the fl Masons to speak out against slavery and the denial of fl rights.
		Prince Hall died in 1807 at the age of 72.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part2/2p37.html (374 words)

	Prince Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Narrative stories of Prince Hall's birth and youth are unsubstantiated and appear to have been invented by their authors (particularly William H. Grimshaw in 1903).
		Prince Hall apparently served in the Continental militia during the American Revolutionary War, and may have fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
		Prince Hall was unanimously elected its Grand Master and served until his death in 1807.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Hall (1111 words)

	Prince Hall Freemasonry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Hall Freemasonry derives from historical events which led to a tradition of separate, predominantly African-American, Freemasonic fraternal organization in North America.
		In 1809 the Prince Hall Grand Master of African Lodge #459 was George Middleton (died 1816) of Boston.
		Prince Hall Revisited by Tony Pope, editor of the Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council's publications.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Hall_Freemasonry (614 words)

	Prince Hall
		Civic leader Prince Hall was the most famous fl in the Boston area during the American Revolution and through the turn of the nineteenth century.
		Prince Hall's parentage, birthplace, and date of birth are unknown, but he is believed to have been born about 1735.
		On January 13, 1777, Hall was among eight fl petitioners to the Massachusetts state legislature requesting the abolition of slavery in the state.
	www.africawithin.com /bios/prince_hall.htm (2032 words)

	Prince Hall (c. 1735 - 1807) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hall and the African Masonic Lodge No. 459 lay the foundation for Black activism and social organization in nineteenth century Boston.
		Prince Hall, son of an English leather worker and a free Black woman in Barbados, arrived in Boston around 1765.
		In 1776, when the British evacuated Boston, the Irish lodge gave Prince Hall and his followers the right to meet as African Lodge No. 1, but their power was severely limited.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/princehall.htm (294 words)

	Prince Hall - Founder of Black Freemasonry
		Prince Hall, one of Boston's most prominent citizens during the revolutionary period, was the founder of the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Boston, the world's first lodge of fl Freemasonry and the first society in American history devoted to social, political, and economic improvement.
		Hall was active in the affairs of Boston's fl community, using his position as "Worshipful Master" of the fl Masons to speak out against slavery and the denial of fl rights.
		Prince Hall died in 1807 at the age of 72.
	www.africanlodge459.org /princehall.htm (363 words)

	MasonicWorld.com
		Prince Hall's story is intertwined with the Revolutionary period's struggle for freedom the freedom of the new nation from British tyranny, and the freedom of himself and other fl Americans from bigotry, discrimination, and slavery.
		Prince Hall is thought to have been born in Barbados, although no documentation to that effect has been found.
		Prince Hall remained a champion of the cause of liberty and brotherhood until his death, at the age of 72, in 1807.
	www.masonicworld.com /ph/prince_hall.htm (902 words)

	History of Prince Hall
		Prince Hall is recognized as the Father of Black Masonry in the United States.
		Prince Hall was appointed a Provincial Grand Master in 1791 by H.R.H., the Prince of Wales.
		Under the authority of the charter of African Lodge #459, Prince Hall established African Lodge #459 of Philadelphia on March 22, 1797 and Hiram Lodge #3 in Providence, Rhode Island on June 25, 1797.
	user.aol.com /jabron/history.htm (858 words)

	Freemason Information - Prince Hall
		Prince Hall also pressed John Hancock to be allowed to join the Continental Army and was one of a few fls who fought at the battle of Bunker Hill.
		Prince Hall was the first Master of the lodge which was organized one week later, May 6, 1787.
		Prince Hall is buried in a cemetery overlooking the Charlestown naval yard in Boston's north end.
	www.freemasoninformation.com /BodiesofFM/princehall.htm (1163 words)

	PRINCE HALL FREEMASONRY
		The object of adding the words 'Prince Hall' to the titles of the Grand Lodges was to overcome the confusion which had arisen among African-American members of the community in the United States where African-American freemasonry had been subjected to an interminable number of schisms and clandestine 'Grand Lodges'-all aimed at the gullible.
		While the Prince Hall Grand Lodges are not recognized by the Grand Lodges in the United States they are regarded by most of them as having a certain authenticity as opposed to the spurious and clandestine African-American Grand Lodges which have sprung up from time to time.
		The fact that Prince Hall was a slave rules out the extraordinary statement by Grimshaw that he was the offspring of a union between a free African-American woman of French extraction and an Englishman.
	members.tripod.com /fosterglenn/prince_hall_freemasonry.htm (6101 words)

	PRINCE HALL: WHERE IS HE?
		Prince Hall is not found anywhere, but in the hearts of those that adhere to his influence, his foundations, the ideals, the philosophy, and customs and traditions found in the individual Lodge and/or Masonic Jurisdiction.
		Prince Hall Masonry is to be found in the volumes of the sacred law, where it has been all the time, a return to our first love, if you will.
		Prince Hall Masons can relate to the Irish and German Immigrants that faced harsh discrimination in the building of this country in the old west, the ghettoes in the north and east.
	arkphagrandlodge.com /princehall_where.htm (2499 words)

	Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pa
		His father, Thomas Prince Hall, was an Englishman and his mother a free colored woman of French extraction.
		According to the existing records, the first warranted Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons among men of color in Pennsylvania, was erected by the Right Worshipful Grand Master Prince Hall, assisted by the Grand Wardens Cyrus Forbes and George Middleton of the African Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on September 22, 1797, in Philadelphia.
		This action came as the result of a communication, dated March 2, 1797, from Peter Matore of Philadelphia to Prince Hall of Boston, Massachusetts, requesting a dispensation to open and hold a lodge among free masons of color residing In the city of Phila.
	www.princehall-pa.org /GrandLodge/glhist.htm (2300 words)

	Medford Historical Society -- Medford, Massachusetts
		On September 29,1784, after Prince Hall's petition to the Grand Lodge of England for permission to establish a lodge, he was granted a charter from the Grand Lodge of England for the African Lodge #459.
		Prince Hall's petition writing for social justice began in 1777 with his request to the General Court to give slaves their freedom, a right to every person.
		Prince Hall had to contend with enormous obstacles, and before any notion of civil rights became collective thought he was pioneering on a call to have some fls from Massachusetts return to Africa.
	www.medfordhistorical.org /princehall.php (1630 words)

	PRINCE-HALL
		When the British Army left Boston in 1776, this lodge #441, granted Prince Hall and his brethren authority to meet as African Lodge #1 (Under Dispensation), to go in procession on St. John's Day, and as a Lodge to bury their dead; but they could not confer degrees nor perform any other Masonic work.
		Finally on March 2, 1784, Prince Hall petitioned the Grand Lodge of England, through a Worshipful Master of a subordinate Lodge in London (William Moody of Brotherly Love Lodge #55) for a warrant of charter.
		Under the authority of the charter of African Lodge #459, Prince Hall established African Lodge #459 of Philadelphia on March 22, 1797 and Hiram Lodge #3 in Providence, Rhode Island on June 25, 1979.
	heart-to-heart597.com /PRINCE-HALL.html (843 words)

	Prince Hall
		The object of adding the words 'Prince Hall' to the titles of the Grand Lodges was to overcome the confusion which had arisen among African-American members of the community in the United States where African-American freemasonry had been subjected to an interminable number of schisms and clandestine 'Grand Lodges' - all aimed at the gullible.
		While the Prince Hall Grand Lodges are not recognized by the Grand Lodges in the United States they are regarded by most of them as having a certain authenticity as opposed to the spurious and clandestine African-American Grand Lodges which have sprung up from time to time.
		The fact that Prince Hall was a slave rules out the extraordinary statement by Grimshaw that he was the offspring of a union between a free African-American woman of French extraction and an Englishman.
	www.phylaxis.org /princehall.htm (6140 words)

	Prince Hall (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When the British Army left Boston, this Lodge No. 441 granted Prince Hall and his brethren authority to meet as a lodge, to go in procession on St. Johns Day, and as a Lodge to bury their dead; but they could not confer degrees nor perform any other Masonic "work".
		Finally in March 1784 Prince Hall petitioned the Grand Lodge of England, through a Worshipful Master of a subordinate Lodge in London (William Moody of Brotherly Love Lodge No. 55) for a warrant or charter.
		Prince Hall was appointed Grand Master, serving until his death in 1807.
	www.coloradomasons.org /rockymountain1/prince_hall.htm (562 words)

	The Weekly Online!
		Prince Hall, one of Boston's most prominent citizens during the revolutionary period, was the founder of the African Lodge, the world's first lodge of fl Freemasons and the first society in American history devoted to social, political, and economic improvement.
		Prince Hall was a confidant of Harvard University Professor and mason Dr. William Bently, and Dr. Jeremy Belknap, who was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
		Hall was convinced that Freemansonry’s vision for the betterment of mankind made it an ideal organization to advance the cause of equality in the colonies.
	www.theweekly.com /news/2004/March/04/Prince_Hall.html (1881 words)

	Prince
		Prince arrived on the scene in the late Seventies, and it didn’t take long for him to upend the music world with his startling music and arresting demeanor.
		Prince Rogers Nelson was born and raised in Minneapolis.
		Prince hit an artistic peak with Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987), his first album since 1999 not to be co-credited to the Revolution.
	www.rockhall.com /hof/inductee.asp?id=2179 (1904 words)

	PRINCE-HALL
		When the British Army left Boston in 1776, this lodge #441, granted Prince Hall and his brethren authority to meet as African Lodge #1 (Under Dispensation), to go in procession on St. John's Day, and as a Lodge to bury their dead; but they could not confer degrees nor perform any other Masonic work.
		Finally on March 2, 1784, Prince Hall petitioned the Grand Lodge of England, through a Worshipful Master of a subordinate Lodge in London (William Moody of Brotherly Love Lodge #55) for a warrant of charter.
		Under the authority of the charter of African Lodge #459, Prince Hall established African Lodge #459 of Philadelphia on March 22, 1797 and Hiram Lodge #3 in Providence, Rhode Island on June 25, 1979.
	www.heart-to-heart597.com /PRINCE-HALL.html (843 words)

	Prince Hall (c. 1735 - 1807) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At this point, Prince Hall had already established himself as the leader of the less than twenty-five Black freemasons in Boston, using his charismatic personality and formidable political savvy to draft numerous petitions to the Massachusetts General Court on behalf of Black people.
		The idea of Prince Hall Masonry was, in addition, an outgrowth of Black soldarity fostered by efforts to force the commonwealth of Massachusetts to confront the anomaly of racism in a world recently transformed by Revolution and the struggle for liberty.
		Through their observance of freemason rites and rituals, Prince Hall and the members of African Lodge No. 459 were, for a time, the only social organization where Black people could seek assistance from and provide aid to their fellow brethren.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/princehall2.htm (471 words)

	Prince Hall
		Prince Hall, an ex-slave living in Boston during the last half of the 18th century, used Freemasonry to rethink the status of African-Americans in American society and to challenge the powerful to follow suit.
		Prince Hall was born into slavery in 1735.
		In 1787, Brother Hall and other fl citizens of Boston filed a petition in the Massachusetts legislature stating that even though fls paid the same taxes as whites, their children were not allowed to attend public schools.
	www.daylite44.org /prince_hall.htm (568 words)

	Sunset Lodge No. 76 F&AM - MWPHGL of Texas
		The object of adding the words 'Prince Hall' to the titles of the Grand Lodges was to overcome the confusion which had arisen among African-American members of the community in the United States where African-American freemasonry had been subjected to an interminable number of schisms and clandestine 'Grand Lodges' - all aimed at the gullible.
		Prince Hall remained the Master of the lodge until his death when he was succeeded by Nero Prince.
		From that it is clear that Prince Hall and African Lodge were still of the view that, as late as in í8o6, African Lodge was still a private lodge under the Grand Lodge of England.
	www.angelfire.com /tx6/sunsetlodge76/princehall.html (6136 words)

	Prince Hall Freemasonry - A look from within
		Prince Hall Masonry was able to pull off what caucasian Masonry had been unable to do: a national Grand Lodge.
		As this new Prince Hall Grand Lodge was coming into existence, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan sought and received from the Michigan State Legislature articles of incorporation under the laws of Michigan.
		Prince Hall Masonry is not the only 'fl" Masonic organization, aithough it is the largest of the groups and has respect amongst the fl community.
	www.masonicworld.com /education/files/artmay01/prince_hall_look_from_within.htm (2088 words)

	Caucasian Prince Hall Lodge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Portions of this article were taken from "A Chronological History of Prince Hall Masonry 1788-1932" by Harry A. Williamson, by permission of the "Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations." Bro.
		The well-known Prince Hall Masonic scholar, Harry E. Davis, of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, and author of "A History of Freemasonry Among Negroes in America," states that the warrant was recalled, as these Brethren returned to Europe at the time of the Franco-Prussian War.
		He stated that he had been a member of the Prince Hall Lodge and that the first two degrees were re-conferred on him when he transferred his membership to the Caucasian body, but not the third as his raising under the Prince Hall Jurisdiction was deemed sufficient.
	www.freemasonry.org /psoc/caucasianph.htm (2285 words)

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