Speakers
R∴W∴ Alexander (Alex) Herbert
Talk Category
Ritual and Symbols
Target talk length
40 Minutes
Audience
Entered Apprentices +
Talk Abstract

In the antebellum American Northeast, nothing is what it appears to be: Secret societies and whispered catechisms by moonlight. Shadowy figures stalking back alleys. A cabal of mysterious benefactors. Poets, assassins, insurrectionists, resurrectionists, and even a United States president or three. A civil war that never happened - or perhaps that was all part of the plan. This presentation examines the complicated relationship between the abolitionist John Brown and Freemasonry, and the twists of fate that bound his legacy to the Fraternity even after his death.