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Henrique Maximiano Coelho Netto: A Brazilian Man of Letters, an Educator, Writer, Professor and Abolitionist.

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  Henrique Maximiano Coelho Netto (February 21, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a writer, an educator, a politician, the President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and my great grandfather. Known as Coelho Netto, he was born in the north east of Brazil and as a young boy, he moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro. We studied law at the University of Sao Paolo but failed to complete the program. [1] Ultimately, he spent his youth fighting for abolition which did much to sour the Sao Paolo University Law department on any completion or granting of a degree. Henrique Maximiano Coelho Netto (February 21, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a writer, an educator, a politician, the President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and my great grandfather. Known as Coelho Netto, he was born in the north east of Brazil and as a young boy, he moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro. He first studied medicine and failed at that. He then studied law at the University of Sao Paolo ...

"The Catholic Church during the Revolutionary Era"

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  The Catholic Church during the Revolutionary Era By P.R. Eaton The story of English Catholics in the new colonies established in North America was one of oppression save for the new colony established in Maryland. The original members of the English colonies established on the East coast of America were primarily Protestants of English and some European stock. Catholics, although numerous among the Irish minorities, were primarily associated with the French colony on Quebec. As such, the Catholics were “oppressed by laws copied from the appalling penal code of England.” [1]             English Catholics, although oppressed across England, feared leaving and pursuing the unknown in the Americas would prohibit their growth and squander what riches they had accrued in their toils. But ambition and duty would compel a number of Catholics to enjoin the efforts underway in the New World. English Catholics would establish settleme...