It was an influential book that encouraged Protestants to keep Catholics out of the West and was cited as a reason for the burning of a nearby convent.
Protestant leader Lyman Beecher published an influential book called A Plea for the West.
— Episode: 173 - The Know Nothing Party
Episode: 173 - The Know Nothing Party
It was an influential book that encouraged Protestants to keep Catholics out of the West and was cited as a reason for the burning of a nearby convent.
Protestant leader Lyman Beecher published an influential book called A Plea for the West.
Episode: 173 - The Know Nothing Party
It was an influential book that urged Protestants to exclude Catholics from Western settlements due to perceived corruption, which contributed to the burning of a convent.
Protestant leader Lyman Beecher published an influential book called A Plea for the West.
In it, he urged Protestants to exclude quote, the foreign Catholic menace from Western settlements because they were corrupt.
The book was one of the reasons a Boston mob attacked and burned down a nearby convent.