CHAPTER XV

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THE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN VIRGINIA AND IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Little change in the basic systems of State institutions――Patrick Henry, Madison and Jefferson on religious liberty in Virginia―― The similarity between the Virginia statute and the conclusions of Moses Mendelssohn pointed out by Count Mirabeau――The first congregation of Richmond――Article 32 of the Constitution of North Carolina against Catholics, Jews, etc.――How Jacob Henry, a Jewish member of the Legislature, defended and retained his seat in 1809――Judge Gaston’s interpretation――The first congregation of Wilmington, N. C.――Final emancipation in 1868.

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