Pike wrote in an 1875 letter that he 'took my obligations from white men'
Unproven What these labels mean →Disputed attribution. A line attributed to Albert Pike in an 1875 letter, usually given as 'I took my obligations to white men, not to Negroes. When I have to accept Negroes as brothers or leave Masonry, I shall leave it', is widely reprinted, but no original letter has been located in the sources checked, and two wordings circulate ('to' vs the source's 'from' white men). Unproven: the attribution is neither confirmed nor shown false. Not part of the Taxil/Mazzini hoax corpus.
Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
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| none found | — |
Sources
| Source | Relation | At |
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| Freemasons - dark side (Timeline doc) | asserts |
Claim
Disputed attribution. A line attributed to Albert Pike in an 1875 letter, usually given as 'I took my obligations to white men, not to Negroes. When I have to accept Negroes as brothers or leave Masonry, I shall leave it', is widely reprinted, but no original letter has been located in the sources checked, and two wordings circulate ('to' vs the source's 'from' white men). Unproven: the attribution is neither confirmed nor shown false. Not part of the Taxil/Mazzini hoax corpus.