Judah P. Benjamin
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Judah Philip Benjamin was a lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a member of the Confederate States Cabinet and, after his escape to Britain at the end of the Am
Benjamin, c. 1856
Benjamin, c. 1860–1865
The original Confederate Cabinet, 1861. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H. Reagan and Robert Toombs.
Benjamin on the 1864 Confederate $2 banknote.
David Levy Yulee
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David Levy Yulee was an American politician and attorney who served as the senator from Florida immediately before the American Civil War. He also founded the Florida Railroad Company and served as pr
Judah P. Benjamin
…a fruit stand near the harbor. Phillip Benjamin was a first cousin and business partner of Moroccan-Jewish trader Moses Elias Levy, the father of David Levy Yulee. Levy also immigrated to the United States, in the early 1820s. Judah and two siblings were boarded with relatives in Fayetteville for about 18 months…
Yulee (c. 1855–1865)
David L. Yulee, photograph by Mathew Brady
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site
Yulee gravesite