Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest; Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R
A small step in the wrong direction can sometimes be magnified by greed and willful moral blindness. This was the case seventy years before St. Peter Claver was born in 1580 to a farming family outside of Barcelona, Spain. King Ferdinand of Spain authorized the purchase of 250 African slaves in Lisbon for his territories in New Spain. One hundred years later, 10,000 African slaves were arriving every year to the New Kingdom of Granada, today known as Columbia. The king’s small decision to supposedly help farmers and landowners in New Spain meet their need for laborers allowed the slave trade…
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