Raphael Jacob Moses (1812-1893) is an American lawyer, owner of a southern plantation, a Confederate official and a politician.
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Biography
Initial life
Raphael J. Moses was born in 1812 in Charleston, South Carolina. His family fought in the American Revolution War of 1775-1783, and he was a fifth-generation Southern Carolinian. His father was Israel Moses and his mother, Deborah Cohen. He grew up in Charleston.
Career
He trained as a lawyer at St. Joseph, Florida and Apalachicola, Florida, settled in Columbus, Georgia in 1848.
He bought The Esquiline, a plantation called Esquiline Hill in Rome, Italy and lies in what is now known as the Benning Hills neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. He had fifty slaves in 1850 and sixty slaves in 1860. He pioneered the commercial growth of peaches on his estate, becoming the first merchant to send him to the North (New York City) in 1851. To preserve peaches during shipment, he used a basket champagne instead of charcoal powder.
In the late 1850s, he became a supporter of vocal secession. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he served as chief executive officer of General Robert Toombs (1810-1885) and James Longstreet (1821-1904) in the Confederate Army of the State (CSA). As such, he is responsible for providing food and supplies to 54,000 Confederate troops and personnel. He was also a confidant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), especially during the Battle of Gettysburg on 1-3 July 1863. On May 5, 1865, he attended the last meeting of the government of the Confederation of the United States. in the State Bank of Georgia (later House Hearing) and carry out his final order. It was then that Confederate Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) instructed him to take US $ 40,000 gold and silver bullions from the Confederate Treasury to feed and wear defeated Confederate soldiers. Her three sons served at the CSA as well.
After the war, he returned to practice law in Columbus, Georgia. He was, however, deeply impoverished by the Confederate defeat, as his fortune fell from $ 55,000 in 1860 to $ 35,000 in 1870. In addition, fifty-nine of his sixty slaves left his plantation. He was at loggerheads with William Hugh Young (1838-1901) and lobbied against Eagle & amp; Phenix, Young's business vehicle. In addition, he became a blatant critic of Republican-led Reconstruction efforts in Georgia and the South.
He was later elected to the House of Representatives of Georgia and served as Chairman of the Justice Committee. Not long after he was elected, he stated, "I want to go to Congress as a Jew and because I... will like in public position to face and do my part to undermine prejudice." He added, "I feel it's an honor to be a race that persecution can not destroy, whose preconceived prejudices seek to subdue."
In 1892, he wrote his autobiography.
Personal life
He married Eliza Matilda Moses (1812-1892), the daughter of Isaac Clifton Moses (1781-1834) and Hannah Lazarus Moses (1783-1835). They have six children:
- Hannah Maria Moses (1840-1860).
- Albert Moses Luria (1842-1862).
- Raphael J. Moses Jr. (1844-1909).
- Penina Septima Moses Robison (1846-1921).
- Isabel Adeline Moses Levy (1850-1934).
- Israel Moses Nunez (1838-1905) died in Texas
Death
He died on October 13, 1893 in Brussels, Belgium.
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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