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Archbishop Martin John Spaulding convenes the Second Plenary Council in October 1866. The topic addressed is the evangelization of freed slaves. |
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The first Mill Hill Missionaries arrive from England at the request of Cardinal Spaulding in 1871. |
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Young John Slattery is appointed provincial of the Mill Hill Missions in 1878. |
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Augustus Tolton becomes the first recognized black priest in America in 1886. |
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Daniel Rudd organizes the first Black Catholic Congress from 1889-1893 |
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Charles Uncles becomes the first black priest ordained in America in 1891. He is Josephite priest. |
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The Josephites become an independent society separate from Mill Hills in England in 1893. John Slattary becomes the first superior general. |
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John Plantvigne is ordained the third black Josephite priest in 1908.
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