It starts in 1777, with France recognizing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain.Then, in 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.The text of General Order 11:General Order No. 11 decreed as follows:1. The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from the Department [of the Tennessee] within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order. 2. Post commanders will see to it that all of this class of people be furnished passes...
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