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August 26, 2022

How the Slaughter of French Protestants Contributed to the Birth of Freedom in America

The legacy of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Wednesday marked the 450th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, when France’s Catholic king instigated the killing of thousands of Protestants. In the following years, thousands more French Protestants fled for Britain or the Netherlands, while others would make their way to America. Mark Tooley explains how these events shaped religious freedom in the United States:

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