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1655
Jews Settle into New Amsterdam (Now known as New York)
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1730
New York Jews build their first Synagogue, Sheath Israel
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1750
Charleston, South Carolina has an organized Jewish Community
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1760
Philadelphia has an establish Jewish Community
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1790
Savannah, Georgia has a permanent Jewish Community
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1796
Dr. Levi Myers of Georgetown, South Carolina is the first Jew to serve in a State Legislate
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1815
11 of the 15 Jews living in New Orleans found in the battle of the City lead by Andrew Jackson against the British
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1820
The Jewish-American population reaches 5000
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1861
American Civil war begins
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1851
Judah P. Benjamin from Louisiana becomes a US senator
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1865
13th Amendment to the US constitution abolishing slavery is ratified
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1890
Georgia Newspaper notes "Where there are no Jews, there is no money"
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1915
Leo Frank is lynched by a mob in Marietta, GA
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1929
Louis Issac Jaffe wins Pulitzer Prize for denunciation of Lyncing