The Rise of Newport’s Catholics
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The Rise of Newport’s Catholics

From Colonial Outcasts to Gilded Age Leaders

  1. 330 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

The Rise of Newport’s Catholics

From Colonial Outcasts to Gilded Age Leaders

About this book

Honorable Mention, 2025 Catholic Media Association Book Awards

Nineteenth-century New England was a hostile place for Catholics. In Massachusetts a mob torched a convent; in Maine a priest was tarred and feathered; and Rhode Island elected an anti-Catholic Know Nothing governor. "No Irish Need Apply" signs were common.

Newport was different. It was a religiously diverse and tolerant city that welcomed Catholic French troops during the American Revolution. Later, as it became the favored summer retreat for America's Protestant social elite, Irish Catholics arrived to work in construction jobs, the tourist economy, and the grand Gilded Age cottages. By the end of the century, Newport's Catholic community was flourishing. Moneyed Catholics acquired their own mansions, an Irish Catholic was mayor, and prominent Protestants were helping Catholic neighbors establish new schools and churches. In this deeply researched study, John F. Quinn delves into this rich Catholic history to discover why nineteenth-century Newport was particularly religiously tolerant and accepting.

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Information

Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781625347978
9781625347985
eBook ISBN
9781685750718
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: “We Know of None Among Us”: The Specter of Catholics in Colonial Newport
  10. Chapter 2: The French Effect: Newporters’ Changing Perspective toward Catholics
  11. Chapter 3: Shelter from the Storm: Catholic Refugees in Post- Revolutionary Newport
  12. Chapter 4: “Respectable in their Vocations”: Irish Labor at Newport’s New Fort
  13. Chapter 5: “A Valuable Ornament to the Town”: Our Lady of the Isle Church
  14. Chapter 6: Fighting for the Blue and the Green: Newport’s Civil War Irish
  15. Chapter 7: Accepted and Yet Apart: Newport’s Catholics at the Dawn of the Gilded Age
  16. Chapter 8: Irish Chieftains and Mayors: Catholic Growth during Newport’s Golden Summers
  17. Chapter 9: “A Time to Build Up”: Catholic Expansion during the Waning Days of Newport’s Gilded Age
  18. Chapter 10: Irish, Italian, and Portuguese: Catholic Prominence in Post– World War I Newport
  19. Epilogue
  20. Notes
  21. Index
  22. Back Cover

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