The Jews of Georgia From the Outbreak of the American Revolution to the Close of the 18th Century #269836

That statement goes indeed far to explain how it happened that the adherents of Judaism, a race naturally conservative, should have been far more uniformly attached to the cause of liberty during the Revolutionary period than most of the other denominations. It is also interesting to note, that as a general thing the leaders of the congregation were generally the ones who took a most prominent part in the patriot cause.