Houses of Worship: Touro Synagogue

1677: Jewish diaspora is in Newport, Rhode Island. Families are arriving in Newport after long journeys beginning in Spain and Portugal, then onto Amsterdam or London before setting sail across the Atlantic to Brazil and the Caribbean. They are not citizens, they cannot vote or hold public office, but they are free from religious persecution […]

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