25 reactions · 21 shares | Moses Dickson, a traveling barber in the years before the Civil War, had a secret– he was one of twelve members of a covert society that planned to recruit men who were “courageous, patient, temperate, and possessed of sound common sense.” Their goal? Launch a coordinated insurrection against slaveholders and claim land for black people in the South. Learn how they almost did in this week's episode of Rogue History. | PBS North Carolina | Facebook