History of the Jews in America is a thorough historical account of Jewish communities in both South and North America starting from the earliest days of Spanish colonization all the way to the beginning of the 20th century.

Contents

The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World

Early Jewish Martyrs Under Spanish Rule in the New World

Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru

Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies

The Short-lived Dominion of the Dutch Over Brazil

Recife: The First Jewish Community in the New World

The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana

The Dutch and English West Indies

New Amsterdam and New York

New England and the Other English Colonies

The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence

The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution

The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews

Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence

The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina

The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland

Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans

The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley

New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast

The Jews in the Early History of Texas

Conservative Judaism and Its Stand Against Reform

The Discussion About Slavery

Lincoln and the Jews

Participation of Jews in the Civil War

Immigration From Russia Prior to 1880

Relations With Russia

The Passport Question

The American-Jewish Committee

The Jews in the Dominion of Canada

Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba