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Father William M. Tulua: Former slave in line for sainthood

02/21/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

BLACK HISTORY MONTH February is Black History Month. To commemorate the month, I want to tell you the story of a young boy nicknamed “Gus.” During the Civil War, he fled slavery with his mother and two siblings from the Confederate state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois. In his new home of […]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Father Augustus Tolton, Father William Tulua

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