March 5, 1770Chrispus
Attucks, a black man, was one of the first Americans to die
in the beginning of the American Revolution
March 6, 1775Prince
Hall and 14 other free colored men were initiated to the Irish
Army Lodge #441
July 4, 1776The
1st Contential Congress meets to sign the Constitution of the
United States of America
January 13, 1777Prince
Hall and 8 other black men sign a petition requesting the Massachusetts
state legislature to abolish slavery, being that it is incompatible
to any patriotic cause.
March 2 and Jun30, 1784African
Lodge #1 applied to the Grand Lodge of England for a charter
September 29, 1784A
charter was granted for African Lodge#459. This order was executed
by the authority of the Duke of Cumberland, the Grand Master
of the Mother Grand Lodge in England
January 4, 1787Prince
Hall and 11 other black men, petitioned the House of Representatives
proposing legistature which gave Negroes, who found themselves
in a very intolerable circumstances of inequality as American
citizens, a separate state abroad with its own Negro pastors
and bishops. With the assistance of money for congregations
or direct passage assistance to Africa, money to purchase land,
etc. , then colonize them to a more civilized way of life.
The house defeated this novel request.
April 29, 1787Charter
from Grand Lodge of England arrives in Boston.
September 17, 1787The
U.S. Constitution was signed with the inclusion to count all
slaves as three fifths (3/5) of a person.
October 17, 1787Prince
Hall petitions the Massachusetts legislature for a means to
be provided for the education of Negro children, since their
parents (as free people of color) were taxed as were white
people. The request was denied.
