Temperance and Racism: John Bull, Johnny Reb, and the Good Templars

Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Founded in 1851 in Upstate New York, the Independent Order of Good Templars (IOGT) was an international Evangelical Protestant fraternal order open to men and women dedicated to temperance and while the lodge ostensibly espoused an ideology of universal me...

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Main Author:	Fahey, David M.
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
Subjects:	Photographs, documents, and clippings
Online Access:	https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/528

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description	Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Founded in 1851 in Upstate New York, the Independent Order of Good Templars (IOGT) was an international Evangelical Protestant fraternal order open to men and women dedicated to temperance and while the lodge ostensibly espoused an ideology of universal membership its policy towards blacks was more ambiguous. Florence had a lodge (Sparkling Water Lodge) of Good Templars starting in the 1870s however I'm not certain it had black members or whether there was a separate black lodge."
spelling	<em><i>Temperance and Racism: John Bull, Johnny Reb, and the Good Templars<span> </span></i></em>Fahey, David M.ResourcesFlorence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Founded in 1851 in Upstate New York, the Independent Order of Good Templars (IOGT) was an international Evangelical Protestant fraternal order open to men and women dedicated to temperance and while the lodge ostensibly espoused an ideology of universal membership its policy towards blacks was more ambiguous. Florence had a lodge (Sparkling Water Lodge) of Good Templars starting in the 1870s however I'm not certain it had black members or whether there was a separate black lodge."University Press of KentuckyLee Freeman1996Still ImageJPGTemperance_and_Racism.jpghttps://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/528https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/36745/archive/files/8ac98e0c1435a364dd68a67e79c5d14a.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1663804800&Signature=2VW3byXgFdXRcewZuBmEmXtMRuc%3DEnglishImages are available for educational and research purposes. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the interested party to identify the copyright holder and receive permission.
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