CHAPTER XXIV

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THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SLAVERY. LINCOLN AND THE JEWS.

Pro-slavery tendencies of the aristocratic Spaniards and Portuguese――David Yulee (Levy)――Michael Heilprin and his reply to Rabbi Raphall’s _Bible View on Slavery_――Immigrants of the second period as opponents of slavery――Two Jewish delegates in the Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln, and one member of the Electoral College in 1860――Two other Jews officially

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Abraham Jonas――Encouragement from the Scripture in original Hebrew.

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