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St. Peter Claver
St. Peter Claver is also known as Slave of the Blacks and
Slave of the Slaves. His memorial is 9 September.
He was a Farmer's son and studied at the University of Barcelona.
and became a Jesuit from age 20. He was Influenced by Saint
Alphonsus Rodriguez to become a missionary in America.
Ministered, physically and spiritually to slaves when they arrived
in Cartegena, converting a reported 300,000, and working for
humane treatment on the plantations for 40 years. Organized
charitable societies among the Spanish in America similar to
those organized in Europe by Saint Vincent de Paul.
Peter said of the slaves, "We must speak to them with our hands
by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips."
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