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Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry. Supporting references include historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA test results, genealogies, and settler lists that provide for the first time the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Jewish origins of more than 5,000 surnames, the majority widely assumed to be British. By documenting the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent economic, political, financial and social positions in all of the original colonies, this innovative work offers a fresh perspective on the early American experience.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Mapmakers, Privateers and Promoters
2. Sephardim in the New World
3. Virginia: First—and Not So English—Colony
4. Massachusetts: Pilgrims, Puritans, Jews and Moors
5. New York Colony: Dutch, British and Jewish
6. Pennsylvania: Quakers and Other Friends
7. Maryland: Catholic in Her Tastes
8. Huguenot South Carolina
9. Georgia, the Last Colony
10. Beacon of Freemasonry: Elias Ashmole, John Skene and Early American Lodges
Appendices
A: Jewish Naming Practices and Most Common Surnames
B: Rituals and Practices of the Secret Jews of Portugal
C: Muslim Rituals and Beliefs
D: Customs and Beliefs of the Roma and Sinti
E: Lists of Immigrants to Virginia 1585-1700
F: Lists of Settlers in Massachusetts
G: Names from The Town & Country Social Directory, 1846-1996
H: Pennsylvania Names
I: Maryland Names
J: South Carolina Names
K: Lists of Settlers in Early Georgia
Notes
References
Index
