According to Wikipedia, “The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor is a black fraternal organization best known as the sponsor of the Taborian Hospital. It was founded in 1872 in Independence, Missouri, by Moses Dickson, an ex-slave born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 5, 1824. The order's statement of principles pledged to advance "Christianity, education, morality and temperance and the art of governing, self-reliance and true manhood and womanhood". Like many other fraternal societies at the time, it offered sickness and burial insurance and a means for members to socialize.