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Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time
Diane Batts Morrow
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Description for Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time
Paperback. Founded in Baltimore in 1828 by a French Sulpician priest and a mulatto Caribbean immigrant, the Oblate Sisters of Providence formed the first permanent African American Roman Catholic sisterhood in the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRCC7; HRCX8; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
The first black Cathotic sisterhood in the United States; Founded in Baltimore in 1828 by a French Sulpician priest and a mulatto Caribbean immigrant, the Oblate Sisters of Providence formed the first permanent African American Roman Catholic sisterhood in the United States. It still exists today. Exploring the slavery-era history of this pioneering sisterhood, which took as its practical mission the education of black children, Diane Batts Morrow demonstrates the centrality of race in the Oblate experience. By their very existence, the Oblate Sisters challenged prevailing social, political, and cultural attitudes on many levels. White society viewed women of color ... Read more
The first black Cathotic sisterhood in the United States; Founded in Baltimore in 1828 by a French Sulpician priest and a mulatto Caribbean immigrant, the Oblate Sisters of Providence formed the first permanent African American Roman Catholic sisterhood in the United States. It still exists today. Exploring the slavery-era history of this pioneering sisterhood, which took as its practical mission the education of black children, Diane Batts Morrow demonstrates the centrality of race in the Oblate experience. By their very existence, the Oblate Sisters challenged prevailing social, political, and cultural attitudes on many levels. White society viewed women of color ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854013
SKU
V9780807854013
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About Diane Batts Morrow
Diane Batts Morrow is associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Reviews for Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time
"Many thanks to Diane Batts Morrow for bringing the history of this community to life. Everyone interested in American history or women's history, black history, or religious history must make room on their shelves for this book." - Jo Ann Kay McNamara, author of Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia