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ied-tlia Capital, June12.A NEGRO JEW.A longing to observe the pass-over has led to the discovery of a real Negro Jew in the jail at Newark, N, J, Oq the occasion of the recent celebration of the Pass overs, Sam Johnson (the Negro in question) told the keepers that he was a jew, and asked for Matzos. So strong was Johnson's faith that he said be would starve before he world eat flour of the Christians during the passover,| and he refuhed all bread. Little credence was put in his story be cause his skin is as black as any Negro and he speaks with a South •rn dialect. When however, he was brought out to the corridor, to the surprise of all Johnson start cd to ptotest in Hebrew to a repretentative of the Jewish community who was present for not being allowed to observe the festal season, as were his co-religionists. He not only spoke Hebrew fluent ly, but also could write io the lan guage. He was born in Jerusa-lem, he asserted, and was really an Asiatic, although year* spentin Virginia have caused him to act and talk like a native Negro.—Kx.
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Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Mon, Jun 15, 1908
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