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The Anti-Masonic Uprising: Catholics and the Anti-Masonic Party
·30 min·2 clips
William Morgan disappeared after threatening to expose Masonic secrets, igniting America's first major third-party movement.
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A church conflict that helped push American politics toward an early third-party movement.
This episode traces anti-Masonry from Catholic hostility into early U.S. politics, where secret societies, elite influence, and public suspicion collided.
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Secret societies, anti-Masonry, and the first third party in U.S. politics.
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