Category: Jewish Citizens
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Union General Ulysses S. Grant Took Aim at Jewish Cotton Speculators. Grant Issued an Order Banishing all Jewish People From His Military District, Which Included Portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. December 17, 1862.
Image: General Grant at his headquarters in Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 17, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant took aim at Jewish cotton speculators, who he thought were the prime motivators behind the black market for cotton. Grant issued an order banishing all Jewish people from…
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