Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History) (Volume 23) - Hardcover

Godfrey, Sheldon J.; Godfrey, Judith C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773512012 ISBN 13: 9780773512016

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Mapping the history of Canadian Jews from the arrival of the first settlers before 1750 through to the 1860s, Search Out the Land introduces a new set of colourful players on Canada's stage. Ezekiel Solomons, John Franks, Jacob Franks, Chapman Abraham, Rachel Myers, Moses David, Samuel Hart, Elizabeth Lyons, and a host of others now take their appropriate place in Canadian history. Focusing on the significant role played by Jews in British North America in the fight for civil and political rights, the authors compare the development of Canadians' rights with that in other British jurisdictions of the time and set the contribution of Jews within the context of other minority groups, including French Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Quakers. Using extensive archival, genealogical, and legal research, the authors prove that settlers other than those of British and French origins were building, exploring, and developing Canada from its inception.

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Review:

"A fascinating work. The Godfreys have gone well beyond where previous scholars have been, and have asked questions - and, more importantly, found answers - no one asked before." Irving Abella, Department of History, York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0773512012
• ISBN 13: 9780773512016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376