Charles B. Allen Explained

On or about 1849, Charles B. Allen founded the New York-based secret society Order of the Star Spangled Banner during the rise of the Know Nothing Party and the rise of nativism in the United States.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Anbinder. Tyler. Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s. 1992. Oxford University Press. 20.
2. Web site: Library of Congress.