Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The context of colonization
  • "To sew the holy faith in his land": the Calverts and the beginnings of Catholic settlement
  • "Holy Church shall have all her rights, liberties, and immunities": church and state in early Maryland
  • "Aliens, savages, and enemies of the kingdome": Maryland and the repercussions of the English Civil War
  • "Much as they do at home": the Irish diaspora and the West Indies
  • "The miracle of this age": Maryland and New York under the Restoration
  • "Against a common enemy": the Glorious Revolution and its consequences in the Atlantic world
  • "Religion, liberty, and property": Maryland Catholics in the early penal era
  • "Many to attend, and few to attend them": the modes of being an outcast community
  • "[Catholics,] by the very principles of that religion ... can never be faithful subjects": the peaking of anti-Catholicism and the Seven Years' War
  • "Who is this man that calls himself a citizen?": Catholics and the road to independence
  • "The wonderful work of that God who guards your liberties": Catholics and the Revolution
  • Epilogue. The colonial legacy.