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Jewish immigration history spans three centuries in four stages
Editor notes the second of three articles by Frank Macomber on why Jews immigrated to the United States and what they achieved. It traces colonial era entry through ships, shops, and warehouses, highlighting sugar cultivation, sugar refining, whaling, and candle making by Newport linked families as key economic lifeblood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Newport
R.I
Atlantic Coast
West Indian Islands
Americas
New World
Europe
Werner Sombart
Jacob K. Rivera
Meyer Meyers
New York
Silversmith Society of
Hyman Levy
John Jacob Astor
Astor Financial Dynasty
Levy Joseph Simon
Gratz Brothers
Franks
Haym Solomon
Prussia
United States
Solomon
Congress