The late 1820s and early 1830s saw a Protestant religious revival called the “Second Great Awakening” which had a strong impact on American religion and reform. Many in New England were strongly opposed to the Catholic Church and its teachings. This article reports on what the writer feels is an extraordinary increase in the number of Roman Catholics (from about 25,000 to 600,000) and he sees this as a threat to America. Protestants worried that Catholics gave allegiance to Rome rather than to the American government. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827, to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald. “Roman Catholics.” October 13, 1835. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-056/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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