<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>For those, who say Christians opposed untouchability and castism in India:</span>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In virtue of privileges granted by Sharen Perumal, former emporer of Malabar, the <b>Syrian Christians take precedence of the Nairs, who are the nobility of the country; and they are second to rank only to brahmins</b>, for who the kings themselves manifest an extraordinary veneration.
<b>If a pagan strikes one of the Christians, he is put to death on the spot</b>, or forced himself to bear to the church of the place an offering of gold or silver hand, according to the quality of the peson affronted.
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As reported by a contemporary British writer in 1833, a Catholic himself, <span style='color:red'>Christians not only practiced untouchability, also took pride in it!</span> and today they are blaming Brahmins!
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In order to preserve their nobility, the Christians never touch a person of inferior caste, not even a Nair. In the roads or streets, they cry out from a distance, in order to XXXX them away from passengers; and if any one, even a Nair, should XXXX XXXX XXXX mark of respect, they are entitled XXXX XXXX XXXX on XXXX XXXX Nairs, who are the nobility and XXXX.
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Captain Swanton's Memoir Of The Primitive Church Of Malayala
Presented to Royal Asiatic Soceity on January 5th, 1833
By Captain Charles Swanston of East India Company, Madras
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In virtue of privileges granted by Sharen Perumal, former emporer of Malabar, the <b>Syrian Christians take precedence of the Nairs, who are the nobility of the country; and they are second to rank only to brahmins</b>, for who the kings themselves manifest an extraordinary veneration.
<b>If a pagan strikes one of the Christians, he is put to death on the spot</b>, or forced himself to bear to the church of the place an offering of gold or silver hand, according to the quality of the peson affronted.
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As reported by a contemporary British writer in 1833, a Catholic himself, <span style='color:red'>Christians not only practiced untouchability, also took pride in it!</span> and today they are blaming Brahmins!
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In order to preserve their nobility, the Christians never touch a person of inferior caste, not even a Nair. In the roads or streets, they cry out from a distance, in order to XXXX them away from passengers; and if any one, even a Nair, should XXXX XXXX XXXX mark of respect, they are entitled XXXX XXXX XXXX on XXXX XXXX Nairs, who are the nobility and XXXX.
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<b>XXXX portion is not readable. Can a member attempt to reconstruct the missing portion? See the page using below URL. </b> Does any member have any experience with getting pages of eBooks repaired by Google?
Captain Swanton's Memoir Of The Primitive Church Of Malayala
Presented to Royal Asiatic Soceity on January 5th, 1833
By Captain Charles Swanston of East India Company, Madras