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Thomas J. Whall
Born
Thomas J. Wall

(1848-03-31)March 31, 1848
Kilkenney, Ireland
DiedMarch 14, 1911(1911-03-14) (aged 62)
Reading, Massachusetts
Known forEliot School rebellion

Thomas J. Wall (Kilkenny, Ireland, March 31, 1848[1] - Reading, Massachusetts, March 14, 1911[2]) was a Catholic student in Boston's Eliot school, who was whipped for refusing to read aloud the Ten Commandments in the King James version, in an incident known as the Eliot School rebellion.

References

  1. ^ "Thomas J. Whall,The Boston Boy, Cruelly Punished in 1859 for Refusal to Read the Protestant Bible Relates the Event after Forty-five Years", The American Catholic Historical Researches, p. 65, 1904
  2. ^ "Thomas J. Whall", The American Catholic Historical Researches, p. 312, 1911
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