Image Title:
Portrait of Pierre Toussaint with autograph

Note:
"Born in modern-day Haiti and brought to New York City as a slave, Pierre died a free man, a renowned hairdresser and one of New York City’s most well-known Catholics.

Pierre donated to various charities, generously assisting blacks and whites in need. He and his wife opened their home to orphans and educated them. The couple also nursed abandoned people who were suffering from yellow fever.

Pierre Toussaint was declared Venerable in 1996." American Catholic.org and also see his Memoir

Source:
Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer, Thurlow Weed, and Pierre Toussaint. 1854. Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, born a slave in St. Domingo. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Co., before cover page. Book at Google

Subject:
Religion

Date:
1854

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-RGN-13

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