Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family Leibman Laura Arnold
Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family Leibman Laura Arnold An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the…
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Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family Leibman Laura Arnold
An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line.
Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish,