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- Title: Pierre Toussaint of New York, Slave and Freedman
- Author : Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP & Fr. Victor Hoagland, CP
- Release Date : January 01, 2015
- Genre: Christianity,Books,Religion & Spirituality,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58574 KB
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A poignant study of the spirituality of Pierre Toussaint in the context of the remarkable life he lived in post American Revolution New York City. Born a slave in 1766 on the island now known as Haiti, Toussaint was brought to New York City by his slave owners in 1887. As a young man he apprenticed as a hair-dresser and through his trade rose to celebrity status among the city’s wealthy society women. Beyond his fame as a hair stylist, Toussaint was respected and beloved for his integrity, wisdom, holiness, and ceaseless acts of charity. In this book, Bishop Norbert reflects on Toussaint’s spirituality against the backdrop of race relations in our relatively young nation and the triumphs and tragedies of Toussaint’s own life.