Prince Hall freemasonry: Forming a free African American community

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Publication Type honors thesis
School or College College of Social & Behavioral Science
Department Political Science
Faculty Mentor Edmund Fong
Creator Koronkowski, Charles
Title Prince Hall freemasonry: Forming a free African American community
Year graduated 2016
Date 2016-05
Description Before the foundation of the Prince Hall Freemasonic Order, the free black population in the United States was lacking a community and group identity. Rather, there existed a disjointed group of individuals kept at a perpetual distance from one another, both by societal pressures and by personal desire for status and advancement. Prince Hall Masonry instituted a framework for this population to grow together, form connections, and collectively interact with greater s ociety. This paper delineates what role this fraternal organization had in the formation of a free black com munity in early America. It explores the institution's foundation, its ideology and teachings, and its rituals and symbols. Aspects of the fraternal organization's effect on the internal interactions and identity of the emerging community, and the community's external interaction with white Masonic orders and the encompassing white society is considered. The effect of Masonic doctrine on these group exchanges is also thoroughly examined.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject African American freemasonry - History
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Charles Joseph Koronkowski
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 25,080 bytes
Identifier honors/id/90
Permissions Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1277194
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Setname ir_htoa
ID 205742
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk8rzr
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