Catholics in Beulahland: The Church's encounter with anti-Catholicism, nativism, and anti-abolitionism in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1820--1845

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dc.contributor.advisorBoles, John B.en_US
dc.creatorStokes, Christopher Danielen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:18:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:18:23Zen_US
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.description.abstractIn July 1835, a northern anti-slavery society sent bundles of abolitionist literature through the United States postal service to the South. Arriving at South Carolina's port city, the mailing became the focus of white Charlestonians' fears of slave uprisings and those Who might assist a servile insurrection. During an attack on the post office to destroy the papers, someone in the crowd shouted for a lynching of Charleston's Catholic bishop and the destruction of the Catholic cathedral and surrounding buildings, including a parochial school for free black children. Using the Charleston Post Office Raid as a backdrop, this study explores both the connections between anti-abolitionism, anti-Catholicism, and nativism in the antebellum South and the reaction to these pressures from southern Catholics, mostly recent immigrants, as they made a place for themselves in their new homeland. At the heart of the work is a consideration of the effects of the ethnic and racial stereotypes and cultural assumptions at play in the antebellum South.en_US
dc.format.extent297 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS HIST. 2001 STOKESen_US
dc.identifier.citationStokes, Christopher Daniel. "Catholics in Beulahland: The Church's encounter with anti-Catholicism, nativism, and anti-abolitionism in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1820--1845." (2001) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18032">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18032</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/18032en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectBlack historyen_US
dc.subjectChurch historyen_US
dc.subjectAmerican historyen_US
dc.titleCatholics in Beulahland: The Church's encounter with anti-Catholicism, nativism, and anti-abolitionism in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1820--1845en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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