The American Jewish community of fifteen thousand,…

June 1840 CE

The American Jewish community of fifteen thousand, in a new and groundbreaking effort, protests the Damascus affair in six American cities on behalf of their Syrian brethren.

Among the new ethnic immigrant populations to the United States, the Jews are the first to attempt to sway the government to act on behalf of their kin and coreligionists abroad; with this incident, they become involved in the politics of foreign policy, persuading but not pressuring President Van Buren to protest officially.

The United States consul in Egypt expresses the protest.

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Alexandria > Al-Iskandariyah Al-Iskandariyah Egypt View →

People
Abdulmejid I View → Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston View → Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt View → Martin Van Buren View → Moses Montefiore View → Muhammad Ali of Egypt View →

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Jews View → Islam View → Syrian people View → Druze, or Druse, the View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis View → Ottoman Empire View → Damascus Eyalet View → Capuchin, Order of Friars Minor View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View → France, constitutional monarchy of View →

Topics
Tanzimat View → Egyptian–Ottoman War, Second View → Damascus affair View →

Subjects
Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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