Abstract:
This article analyzes the involvement of priests with the migratory movement of the late nineteenth century, in the communes of the Veneto region, north of the Italian peninsula. Their role as places of emigration agents become targets of persecution on the part of the newly created Italian State. The individual and collective experiences were used as thread to infer more general issues of contexts studied, allowing thus propose new questions about the peasant rationalities and social dynamics experienced in the field. We understand that these procedures are fundamental to realize the political and social context of the place of departure of migrants, involved in protests against certain taxes and articulating the trip to America.
Keywords:
peasant revolts; priests; italian immigration.