The Ursuline Convent Riots were riots that occurred on August 11 and August 12, 1834 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts. During the riot, a convent of Roman Catholic Ursuline nuns was burned down by a Protestant mob. The event was triggered by reported abuse of a member of the order, and was fueled by the rebirth of extreme anti-Catholic sentiment in antebellum New England.
Read more about Ursuline Convent Riots: Background, Rebecca Reed, July–August, 1834, The First Riot: August 11, 1834, Response: The Faneuil Hall, Charlestown, and Cathedral Meetings, The Second Riot: August 12, 1834, Investigation, Arrests, and Trial, Restitution, Historical Interest in The Events
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