Jews and Muslims in British colonial America : a genealogical history

Jews and Muslims in British colonial America : a genealogical history / Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates.

Author/creator	Hirschman, Elizabeth Caldwell, 1949-
Other author/creator	Yates, Donald N. (Donald Neal), 1950-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. Inc., 2012.
Description	vi, 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Jews--United States --History --17th century. Jews--United States --History --18th century. Muslims--United States --History --17th century. Muslims--United States --History --18th century. United States--History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States--Ethnic relations.

Contents	Mapmakers, privateers, and promoters -- Sephardim in the new world -- Virginia: first-and not so English-colony -- Massachusetts: pilgrims, Puritans, Jews, and Moors -- New York colony: Dutch, British, and Jewish -- Pennsylvania: Quakers and other Friends -- Maryland: Catholic in her tastes -- Huguenot South Carolina -- Georgia, the last colony -- Beacon of Freemasonry: Elias Ashmole, John Skene and early American lodges.
Abstract	"From historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA testing, genealogies, and settler lists, and the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent positions in all of the original colonies, this work looks freshly at the early American experience, postulating that many initial US colonists were of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry" --Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index.
LCCN	2011048960
ISBN	9780786464623 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0786464623 (softcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E184.3512 .H57 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold