A Protestant mob burns down a convent…

August 1834 CE

A Protestant mob burns down a convent of Ursuline nuns near Boston in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts, on August 11 and 12.

Extreme anti-Catholic sentiment has re-emerged in New England from its antebellum roots.

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Somerville Middlesex Massachusetts United States View →

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Arthur Tappan View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Protestantism View → Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

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Ursuline Convent riots View →

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Mayhem View → Faith View → Movements View →

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