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Episode 11: The Ursuline Convent Riots (Jan 8, 2017)
Episode 11: The Ursuline Convent Riots (Jan 8, 2017)
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26 minutes
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Jan 8, 2017
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Welcome to part one of our inauguration special. On a hot summer’s night in 1834, rumors swirled around a Catholic girls’ school in Charlestown. Catholicism was a frightening, unfamiliar religion, and Catholic immigrants were viewed with great suspicion. People said that the nuns were being held in slavery, or that Protestant children were being tortured and forcibly converted. A crowd gathered, and violence flared. When the sun rose the next morning, the Ursuline Convent lay in smoking ruins. Thirteen men were tried, but none served time. What deep seated biases led Yankee Boston down this dark road? Listen to this week’s episode to find out!
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/011/
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/011/
Released:
Jan 8, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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