In the history of the Church, there have been many Christians who have been bluntly told that if they did not renounce their faith in Jesus Christ, they would be killed. But martyrdom is usually more complicated than denying an article of the Catholic Faith. That was certainly the case in nineteenth-century Uganda.
In the nineteenth century, European businessmen began to recognize the economic opportunities that could be found in Africa. As European nations gradually realized that Sub-Saharan Africa offered them a source of cheap labor and raw materials, the race to conquer and colonize African territory began in earnest.
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