Newspaper clipping from The New York Tribune, dated April 21, 1855, detailing the lawsuit of Josephine Smith (alias Barrett), a white woman claiming wrongful enslavement by Joseph Cohen and Lionel Levy in New Orleans. The article highlights the unusual circumstances of the case, involving a biracial child raised as white, and the Jewish identities of all parties involved. Additional background information provided includes details about the Barrett brothers' mercantile activities in Charleston, S.C., and Columbia, and Judah Barrett's involvement in founding the Touro Synagogue in New Orleans. The clipping also mentions Mordecai Manuel Noah's attempt to establish a Jewish homeland in Ararat.
Subject: Slavery -- United States -- 19th century
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