Jennifer Paxton , clinical assistant professor, history, was interviewed by Catholic News Agency about St. Patrick's background as a slave. The story was reposted March 17, 2016. She also appeared on Good Morning Washington. See below.
From: Good Morning Washington Date: March 17, 2016
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From: Catholic News Agency Date: March 17, 2015 Author: Kevin Jones
Many know that Saint Patrick, bishop and missionary to Ireland, was once a slave - but few know of his heartfelt plea on behalf of girls and boys abducted into slavery.
"The pathos of St. Patrick's description of the fate of his victims is something I think we can identify with now," said Jennifer Paxton, a history professor who teaches at Catholic University of America's Irish Studies program. "The girls stolen by Boko Haram are very similar in their fates, I think, to captives of Coroticus."
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