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RARE MASONIC PAMPHLET (FREEMASONS.) HAYDEN, LEWIS. A Letter From Lewis Hayden of Boston Massachusetts to Hon. Judge Simms, of Savannah, Georgia. 25 pages. 8vo, original printed pale purple wrappers, worn at the spine and edges; a few pages with some early highlighting of a few passages. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Boston: Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, 1874
first edition, rare. no copies located by oclc. Lewis Hayden (1811-1889), ex-slave, Republican party worker and Prince Hall Masonic leader, writes to Judge Simms: "The dark day of slavery is fast passing away, and as its shadows recede, it is our duty as colored men, who were the subjects of oppression, to advance toward light and knowledge . . . A question now arises, whether the Masonic system or institution in any way aids in our search for truth, which, to man is the true light."
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