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nydus/Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789-1865Public

This historical study examines the participation of Jewish people in the institution of slavery in the American South between 1789 and 1865. The text documents Jewish involvement as plantation owners, slave traders, and business associates, while also addressing contemporary opinions and social interactions regarding the enslaved population.

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Introduction

American Historical Association, Dee. 29, 1956), for an extensive presentation of differences in the interpretation of pre-War patterns of thought and actaon.

a The following abbreviations will be used for works frequently cited: AJA = American Jewish Archives files; AJ AM = American Jewish Archives [journal]; E = Barnett A. Elzas, The Jews of South Carolina (Philadelphia, 1905); EL = Herbert T. Ezekiel and Gaston Lichtenstein, The History of the Jews of Richmond (Richmond, 1917); HTC = Helen Tunnicliff Catterall, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro, 4 vols. (Washington 1926-1936); JNH = Journal of Negro History; MC = Jacob Rader Marcus, American Jewry. Documents. Eighteenth Century (Cincinnati, 1959); ME = Jacob Rader Marcus Early American Jewry, vol. II (Philadelphia, 1953); MM = Jacob Rader Marcus, Memoirs of American Jews, 1775-1865, 3 vols. (Philadelphia, 1955-1956); OCC=The Occident and American Jewish Advocate; PAJHS = Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society; R = Joseph R. RosenMoom, A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews (Lexington, Ky., 1960); RE = Charles Reznikoff with Uriah Z. Engelman, The Jews of Charleston (Philadelphia, 1950).

J ews as Planters and as Owners of Slaves

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