Peter Wiernik
History of the Jewish People in America
(Vol.1-7)
Madison & Adams Press, 2021
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Table of Contents
Part I. The Spanish and Portuguese Period.
Chapter I. The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World.
Chapter II. Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World.
Chapter III. Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru.
Chapter IV. Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies.
Part II. The Dutch and English Colonial Period.
Chapter V. The Short-lived Dominion of the Dutch Over Brazil.
Chapter VI. Recife: The First Jewish Community in the New World.
Chapter VII. The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana.
Chapter VIII. The Dutch and English West Indies.
Chapter IX. New Amsterdam and New York.
Chapter X. New England and the Other English Colonies.
Part III. The Revolution and the Period of Expansion.
Chapter XI. The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence.
Chapter XII. The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution.
Chapter XIII. The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews.
Chapter XIV. Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence.
Chapter XV. The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina.
Chapter XVI. The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland.
Chapter XVII. Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-zionistic Plans.
Part IV. The Second or German Period of Immigration.
Chapter XVIII. The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley.
Chapter XIX. New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast.
Chapter XX. The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War.
Chapter XXI. The Religious Reform Movement.
Chapter XXII. Conservative Judaism and Its Stand Against Reform.
Chapter XXIII. Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle Against Swiss Discrimination.
Part V. The Civil War and the Formative Period.
Chapter XXIV. The Discussion About Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews.
Chapter XXV. Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin.
Chapter XXVI. Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle.
Chapter XXVII. The Formative Period After the Civil War.
Chapter XXVIII. New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880.
Part VI. The Third or Russian Period of Immigration.
Chapter XXIX. The Influx After the Anti-jewish Riots in Russia in 1881.
Chapter XXX. Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers.
Chapter XXXI. New Communal and Intellectual Activities.
Chapter XXXII. The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities.
Chapter XXXIII. Relations with Russia. The Passport Question.
Chapter XXXIV. Legislation About Immigration. Sunday Laws and Their Enforcement.