Augustus Tolton, Chicagoan And First Black U.S. Priest, A Candidate For Sainthood

Chicago Sun-Times:

Legend has it that as a 7-year-old boy, Augustus Tolton escaped slave hunters by rowing with his mother across the Mississippi River to the free state of Illinois.

Tolton, who went on to become the first black Catholic priest in America, is now a candidate for sainthood, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Wednesday.

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