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Prince Hall

Prince Hall was an abolitionist and leader in the free black community in Boston in the late 18th century. He founded Prince Hall Freemasonry, the first black Masonic lodge, and advocated for education rights for black children. He also supported the back-to-Africa movement. Prince Hall used the ideals of the Declaration of Independence to petition for the emancipation of slaves in Massachusetts. He fought for civil rights and equality for all people in the state.

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Prince Hall

Prince Hall was an abolitionist and leader in the free black community in Boston in the late 18th century. He founded Prince Hall Freemasonry, the first black Masonic lodge, and advocated for education rights for black children. He also supported the back-to-Africa movement. Prince Hall used the ideals of the Declaration of Independence to petition for the emancipation of slaves in Massachusetts. He fought for civil rights and equality for all people in the state.

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Prince Hall

• Prince Hall was an abolitionist and


leader in the free black community in
What was Boston. He founded Prince Hall
prince hall? Freemasonry and lobbied for education
rights for African American children. He
was also active in the back-to-Africa
movement. 
When was prince hall
born
Born: 1738, Bridgetown, Barbados
• Died: December 4, 1807, Boston, MA
What was Prince Hall famous for?

• 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 black Freemasonry and the first society in American history
devoted to social, political, and eco
What did Prince Hall do
before the Revolutionary War?

• Not much is known of Hall's life before the Revolutionary


War. He was the slave of William Hall of Boston. Eight years
later he had acquired real estate and qualified to vote. He
later became a preacher in the Methodist Church in
Cambridge.
• What did Prince Hall do before the Revolutionary War?
• Not much is known of Hall's life before the Revolutionary
War. He was the slave of William Hall of Boston. Eight years
later he had acquired real estate and qualified to vote. He
later became a preacher in the Methodist Church in
Cambridge.

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How does Prince Hall use the Declaration of
Independence?

• In 1777, Hall petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to emancipate the


state's enslaved people. ... The petition, which came only six months after
the colonies declared their independence from Britain, made Prince Hall
the first American to use the Declaration of Independence to argue not for
war but for civil rights.
How much kids did
Prince Hall Have?
• They had one son, Prince Africanus, who was
baptized in Boston on November 14, 1784. Later in
his life, on June 28, 1798, Hall married once again;
his third wife's name was Sylvia (or Zilpha) Ward.
Prince Hall had been active in denouncing slavery for
many years.
• His son, Primus, was born in 1756 to Delia, a servant
in another household. In 1762, at the age of 27, Hall
joined the Congregational Church, and soon after,
married an enslaved woman named Sarah Ritchie.
Eight years later, after Sarah's death, he married
Flora Gibbs of Gloucester.
Why did Prince
Hall fight?
• perhaps with the passage of
time, Prince Hall will take his
rightful place in American history.
This man fought for civil rights
for all citizens of Massachusetts.
He was born two hundred years
before his time.

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