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abell, Robert, 79–80, 95, 131, 139 abolitionism, 24, 27, 94; catholic opposition to, 146–49, 150–54, 157–59, 177, 231n7; as cause for civil War, 175–77; and Knownothing Party, 174–76; perception of catholics as, 145–46, 159–60; Protestant opposition to, 154–55; tracts, 103, 145 alabama, 35, 47, 114, 125; and catholic colleges , 4, 42, 78; catholic settlements in, 11; and confederacy, 176; education in, 70–73; and Know-nothing Party, 172, 174–75; and shortage of priests, 112. See also mobile; Spring Hill college alabama and the Floridas Vicariate, 11 alabama medical college, 53 Alabama Planter, 31, 148–49 american Party, 159–60, 171, 173–74, 176. See also Know-nothing Party; nativism american Revolution, 3, 4, 14, 16, 26, 63, 71, 109, 115, 119, 136 anti-catholicism, 3–5, 14–17, 66, 117–18, 158; and abolition, 146–48, 158–59; and catholic threat to democracy, 90–91, 104, 106; comparison of in north and South, 137–38; and convents, 98–99; and education, 99–100, 104–5; and ignorance , 136–37; and immigration, 67; journals, 117; and Know-nothing Party, 172–74; and medical care, 53–54; and mexican-american War, 27–28; and nativism, 172–74; and violence, 100, 133– 34, 146, 183n6. See also Know-nothing Party; nativism architecture, 28, 134, 140–42, 181, 229n268 arkansas, 91, 135, 172 augusta, ga, 20, 23–24, 33, 38–39, 41, 50, 58, 64, 68, 111–13, 123, 127, 178 Badin, Stephen Theodore, 25, 27, 78, 83, 91, 111; background, 33; care for the sick, 47, 61; on conflict amongst catholics, 115– 16, 118, 122–23, 128–32, 137–39, 160; conflicts with parishioners, 35, 61, 119; educational work, 76, 85; friendships with non-catholics, 33–35, 193n114; views on slavery, 103, 161–64, 168 Baltimore, 4, 5–6, 13, 16, 173; and black catholics, 165–66; cathedral of, 138, 143; and convents, 99–100; diocese of, 4, 6; education in, 77, 79–80, 106–7; and medical care, 59; and slavery, 163; violence in, 173 Baptists, 2, 9, 25, 28, 93, 102, 110–11, 113–16, 118, 132–33, 142, 155, 171, 179 Bardstown, KY, 99, 116; cathedral of, 21, 124, 125–27, 129–30, 134, 138–40, 163; diocese of, 4, 6, 30, 32, 88, 90, 124, 185n17; and education, 75, 79, 80–82, 84, 91, 95–96; and medical care, 49; and slavery, 167– 68. See also Flaget, Benedict Joseph; St. Joseph’s college Barry, John, 38–39, 68, 194n2 Index 262 index Bazin, John, 86, 95, 98, 102 Beecher, lyman, 104–5, 138 Bowen, nathaniel, 21, 24, 35 Brotherhood of San marino, 52, 68 Bruté, Simon, 47, 62, 66, 100 Burke, William, 52, 68 Byrne, William, 58, 81–82, 165 calhoun, John c., 27, 31, 160, 171, 191n66 calvert family, 15, 48 carroll, John, 16, 25, 30, 44, 59–61, 76–79, 106, 111, 121–22, 160, 162–64 cartwright, Samuel, 41 cathedral of the assumption (louisville ), 22 catholic Female charitable Society (mobile ), 55–58, 86 celibacy, 37, 65–66, 131 chabrat, guy ignatius, 129–31 charleston, Sc, 8–10, 12, 186n29; and abolition , 145–46, 154, 158–59; and confederacy , 176–78; diocese of, 8–9, 88, 116, 132–33, 179; education in, 70, 73, 75, 86– 88, 92, 96–98, 101, 103, 205n3; and immigration , 5, 9–10, 67–68; and Knownothing Part, 172; medical care in, 40–43, 47, 50, 51–52, 58, 62, 64–65, 67–68; and orphanages, 55, 57–58; population of, 5, 8–9, 13; Protestant support of catholics , 122–26, 129, 131–35; and slavery, 158– 59, 161–64, 166; and violence, 14–15, 99– 100, 145–46, 154, 158. See Charleston Courier; england, John; United States Catholic Miscellany Charleston Courier, 2, 19, 35, 116, 125–26, 134, 140–41, 145, 171 charleston Friends of ireland, 23 charlestown: convent burning, 3, 99, 104, 137–38, 176 chesnut, mary Boykin, 20, 178 cholera, 40,49,54,58–60,62,64,66,87,164–65 civil War, 4, 31, 64 clancy, William, 64, 66, 118, 139, 161 clay, Henry, 24, 34, 96, 124, 134, 169, 214n180 college of St.Thomas aquinas, 81, 89, 92 columbia, Sc, 9, 30, 75, 87–88, 92, 99–100, 105, 123, 127, 139, 166 confederacy, 6, 20, 132, 150, 177–78, 181, 185n17, 233n44, 245n284 constitution of the united States, 16–17, 32, 153, 160–61, 172, 174–75, 177 convents, 3, 98–99, 215n204. See also specific...

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