| Show THE JEWS IN HISTORY STORY New York of ot The annual m meeting In Historical Society Society Society Soci Soci- the American Jewish Janu Janu- January January on Its sessions ety which began number or ot ary attracted a 0 large parts of the leading Hebrews from nil all Were Vere ere of ot unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un Union and the proceedings thOroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- society is a usual interest This representative on one on Its membership mem learned Includes most of ot the and professional proCessional men of ot the faith and associations associations associations as as- American Justly ranks high among of ot Its kind able number of ot On last Thursday a to calculated and Instructive papers shed the light of ot history upon accomplishments accomplishments accomplishments of the Jewish people which hitherto have been obscured were read One in particular by Mr Max J. J Kohler Kohler Koh- Koh ler Jewish Activity ln in n American Colonial Colonial Co Co- Co- Co lonial Commerce was of Importance as showing by historical evidence that the Chosen People were trading from our ur Eastern seaports with J Java va and other places In the far East long before the Revolutionary War Var Speaking of ot stilt still earlier Jewish connection hemisphere he quoted the phrase pf the late Professor Herbert B. B Adams to the effect that Not Jewels but Jews were the real financial basis of the first ex expedition expedition ex- ex of Columbus and afforded his hearers some new Ideas on the subject of Jewish Je assistance to the great dis dis- dis- dis coverers Of Ot the obstacles which members members mem mom bers bet of ot the race encountered in their early attempts to find homes In the New World Mr Kohler said There were repeated re enactments s with Increasingly severe penalties of prohibitions upon the settlement of the Jews near Christians and descendants of Jews in the New World In 1502 1506 1518 1618 1522 1530 1539 1535 1552 1559 1567 and were modified In 1577 upon the payment of an enormous sum of money to the crown by Jews and Marranos Jews settled In Brazil prior to the middie middle middle mid mid- dle die of the sixteenth c century and are said to have transplanted sugar from Madeira and introduced the article into the New World The Jews were very active in the Dutch West India Company Company Com Corn pany being large larg stockholders and di dl- dl rectors At about the time of the Portuguese Portuguese Por For of Brazil In 1651 I we find Jews settled In Brazil Spanish- Spanish America Jama Jamaica West Indies Indies Indies In In- dies Surinam and New Cromwell fully cI R the advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages of ot enlisting Jewish aid In his plans of ot diverting diverting the carrying trade of ot the world to to England How completely completely com corn these plans plans' were realized and this trade placed in the hands of Jews in British possessions may be inferred from the circumstance that only a few years later upon the accession of of Charles II the London Corporation from motives of economic envy protested protest protest- ed against Jewish settlement In jn English English English En En- glish d dominions because In the language language language lan lan- guage of this protest they monopolized monopolized the foreign trade and by this means injured British commerce abroad and enhanced the price of foreign commodities commodities com corn at home Mr Kohler spoke of th the Jews in jamaica Jamaica Jamalca Ja- Ja maica maica malca and Surinam and of f their com r lal supremacy there In hi early times arid and then spoke of ot New YorkA York A year after the earliest party of Jewish settlers arrived in New York wend we find nd some of them Importing a cargo argo of tobacco A few years later others are referred to as shipping goods from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to Surinam Of Ot course trade with Holland and had been opened and attracted sot some of the Jewish settlers settlers set set- tiers before this Already In 1661 we learn of Jewish Importers of ot negro negro legro slaves and arid In 1730 a Jewish resident was engaged in exchanging merchandise merchandise dise for tor slaves brought in his own vessel vessel ves yes sel from Guinea |
