Greek students in the temples, Roman inheritance, the builders' guilds, London in 1717, and African Lodge No. 459 in 1784. One line, many hands.
The transmission is traceable. Greek students studied in the temples of Kemet; Rome inherited what Greece carried; the builders' guilds of Europe kept the geometry and the grades.
In 1717 the Craft was organized in London as speculative Masonry. In 1784, Prince Hall and African Lodge No. 459 returned it to African hands in the Americas.