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ERIC Number: EJ243309
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Church: Black Catholic Women Religious in Antebellum Period.
McNally, Michael J.
Negro History Bulletin, v44 n1 p19-20 Jan-Mar 1981
Describes the formation of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the Congregation of the Holy Family, two orders of Black nuns founded in the American South prior to the Civil War for the purposes of educating Black children and caring for orphans and elderly, abandoned slaves. (GC)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Black Organizations, Blacks, Catholics, Nuns, Religious Discrimination, Slavery, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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