A Portion of the People
Subtitle: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life
Contributors: McKissick Museum (Corporate Author, Editor); Theodore Rosengarten (Editor); Dale Rosengarten (Editor)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781570034459
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Jews In The U.S.; South Carolina - Local History; History - General History; Jews; History: American; South Carolina; Southeastern & South Atlantic states; American - General; Jewish - General; United States - State & Local - General; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science; Ethnic relations; Exhibitions
First sentence: The unusual provisions for religious tolerance offered by Carolina's Fundamental Constitutions of 1669 were never endorsed by the colonial assembly, but news of an environment friendly to Christian dissenters and Jews spread quickly in Europe and the West Indies.