General Order No. 11 — Grant’s ban on Jews
December 17, 1862 U.S. Grant became outraged that some unscrupulous traders had created a black market in southern cotton. He was also convinced that Jews were playing a primary role (in part, perhaps, because his own father had tried to get a piece of the action, along with a Jewish trader. A few weeks later, President Lincoln revoked the order. The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are…