Born in Macon, Georgia in 1834, Patrick Francis Healy was son of an Irish immigrant and a slave, who were later ... class white men was in response to America’s first Army draft, which forced ...

So in 2016, when Maddox learned not only that the Catholic church had held slaves, but that her ancestors ... “While the Jesuit mission in the United States has flourished into 27 institutions ...

For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here ... sold over 500,000 Irish Catholics into slavery throughout the 1600s. Irish men, women and children were ...

For a start, the United States was built on slavery. From 1526 to 1867, some 12.5 million men, women and children were forced on to ships (mostly British) in Africa and about 10.7 million arrived ...

Whether born slave or free, African Americans in the North ... in the most important issue of their day. Maria Stewart was America's first female African American political writer.

Poverty in Northern Ireland forced a massive flight of Scots-Irish to the colonies ... 1780: Pennsylvania declares that all black children born slaves will be freed at age 28.