Born to a converso family in Lisbon, he returned to Judaism in Newport, Rhode Island, and became one of colonial America's leading merchants and a pillar of the Touro Synagogue. Like other Newport merchants, he took part in the slave trade.
Merchant · 1731–1782
Born to a converso family in Lisbon, he returned to Judaism in Newport, Rhode Island, and became one of colonial America's leading merchants and a pillar of the Touro Synagogue. Like other Newport merchants, he took part in the slave trade.
