Catholics’ stand against the mob: Lessons from the 1830s
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Catholics’ stand against the mob: Lessons from the 1830s
This year, we commemorate the 190th anniversary of defending the property of the Catholic Church against a pro-slavery mob. Setting the sceneJohn England was not a native of South Carolina. The newly ordained Irishman arrived in Charleston on Dec. 30, 1820, to find a three-state diocese divided by the issue of slavery. The events of the summer of 1822 highlighted this division. Denmark Vesey, a free Black Protestant pastor in Charleston, planned…
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