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To: nihil who wrote (46870)	2/16/2000 8:31:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

As we notice, the yankees of Yale treated Benjamin in a most underhanded manner. The Confederacy made him a high official.

To: nihil who wrote (46870)	2/16/2000 8:49:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Message 12888595 According to Evans, Benjamin was born on August 11, 1811, on the island of St. Croix, which was then part of the British West Indies. He was thus entitled by birth to British citizenship. His parents were well enough off to own several slaves. They relocated to North Carolina in 1813, first living in Fayetteville and then moving to Charleston in 1821. They were not observant Jews, and Benjamin himself did not adhere to the Jewish religion or traditions. He married a Catholic Creole woman in New Orleans, and so as not to raise the suspicion of the priest, listed himself on the marriage register as Philip Benjamin. He was not the first Jew to attend Yale, although there were not many.