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Posted By The Editors | January 2nd, 2009 | Category: This Week in History | Comments Off
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Prince Hall, founder of the first black Masonic lodge, and others petition the Massachusetts legislature for funds to return to Africa, the first recorded effort by blacks to do so.

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