United Brothers of Friendship (UBF) was a benevolent organization for African American men established in 1861 in Louisville, Kentucky. It grew to have about 60,000 members.
It met at the Centre-Street Baptist Church and later at the Quinn Chapel Baptist Church. In 1866 a lodge at Shelbyville, Kentucky, was established. Chapters were added and the benevolent society grew to 29 chapters. A branch for females called the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten (SMT) was established.
Several members managed the Ohio Falls Express newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky including William Henry Fitzbutler.
A lodge in Asbury, Kentucky, was established in 1865. F. D. Morton and Charles L. Asbury served as national grand master of the group.
A "ritual and degree" book was published for the group. W. H. Gibson Sr. had a history of the organization published in 1897. Lodge buildings included one in Paris, Kentucky.
The organizations declined from the late 1940s into the 1960s.
See also Elijah Preston Marrs
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