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With a charter, African Lodge #459 could initiate more men from the free black community in Boston. In 1797 Prince Hall organized subsidiary lodges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Providence, Rhode Island. These operated under the charter of African Lodge (and initially were also given the name "African Lodge" and the number 459.
African Lodge #459. In 1784, the African Lodge #1 applied to and received a charter from the Premier Grand Lodge of England and was renamed African Lodge #459. In 1827, the African Lodge #459 declared its independence from the Grand Lodge of England and became the Prince Hall Freemasonry. [4] Prominent African Lodge #459 Members: [5]
After Hall died on December 4, 1807, the brethren organized the African Grand Lodge on June 24, 1808, including the Philadelphia, Providence, and Boston lodges. [21] African Grand Lodge declared independence from the United Grand Lodge of England and all other lodges in 1827. In 1847, they renamed Prince Hall Grand Lodge to honor their founder ...
On June 25, 1797, he organized African Lodge (later known as Hiram Lodge #3) at Providence, Rhode Island. [10] [4]: 68, 74 Author and historian James Sidbury stated: Prince Hall and those who joined him to found Boston's African Masonic Lodge built a fundamentally new "African" movement on a preexisting institutional foundation.
English: This file can be found on the microfilm that contain the records African Lodge #459 of Boston. The same microfilm can be found at the Samuel Crockett Masonic Library in Massachusetts, attached to the MW Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Hilton was Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of North America for ten years. In his honor, the Lynn, Massachusetts lodge was named the John T. Hilton Lodge. [5] He was the first of Boston's African-American men to have "a portrait commissioned by Prince Hall Masonic Lodge." [1]
In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, with the assistance of the African Grand Lodge (later named Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Jurisdiction of Massachusetts), he published An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, [4] a call for black unity and a fight against slavery.
In 1805, he became the first pastor for the First African Baptist Church, currently known as the African Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] [3] He later helped found the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. An abolitionist, he was a leader in the black community and was an active missionary in Haiti. [4]