Book chapter
Imperial Enterprise
Jewish Entanglements in the Atlantic World, pp 99-115
15 Jan 2024
Abstract
This chapter talks about the Franks family, who were Ashkenazim that aided the expansion of Britain into the North American interior in the wake of the Seven Years' War. It highlights how the various members of the Franks family demonstrated their allegiance and commitment to the expanding empire through backcountry trade, army contracting, and land speculation. In contrast to their dedication to the British Empire, the Franks' Jewishness is marginal and inconsequential. The chapter describes how the mercantile and class aspirations of the Franks family did not differ from those of the Christians with whom they traded. Their proximity to gentile colonists was underlined by the marriages that siblings David and Phila Franks entered into with Christians.
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- Title
- Imperial Enterprise
- Creators
- Toni Pitock
- Publication Details
- Jewish Entanglements in the Atlantic World, pp 99-115
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- History
- Other Identifier
- 991021889580104721