Thursday, November 27, 2008

Ninety-Six: 1st American Jewish settlement


On this day in 1755 - Land for the first Jewish settlement in America was purchased by Joseph Salvador, who bought 10,000 acres near Fort Ninety-Six, in the southern part of the Carolina Colony.

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  1. Here's a follow up to this post:
    The Jews of South Carolina By Barnett Abraham Elzas
    books.google.com beginning on page 70 the author states it was 100,000 acres with one of his descendants founding a Plantation in Coronaca?

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