{"id":43,"date":"1831-12-10T12:00:37","date_gmt":"1831-12-10T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/43"},"modified":"2014-01-25T22:11:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T22:11:29","slug":"free-masonry-among-the-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/free-masonry-among-the-blacks\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE MASONRY AMONG THE BLACKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">From the National Journal\u00a0 FREE MASONRY AMONG THE BLACKS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Addressed, \u201cDear Sir\u201d,and signed only \u201cA.B.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was to be devised a scheme for organizing and preparing the Southern blacks for insurrection, none that I can conceive of is so admirably calculated for the purpose as free Masonry introduced among free Negroes.\u00a0 They of all others are most forward in promoting the spirit of revolt among slaves. \u2026\u2026\u2026.. recommend the call of a convention of masons for doing away the lodge throughout the Union\u2026\u2026.It is necessary and proper that the white should take the lead in that matter, for so long as lodges of white masons are tolerated, who can gainsay the right of free blacks to hold lodges also. 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