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Tragedy as Jews expelled from England 700 years ago

Tragedy as Jews expelled from England 700 years ago

Medieval xenophobia and prejudice resulted in brutal racism

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Nov 06, 2019
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This is a curious and terrible story I heard about years ago and found again in an old book on London history dating from the 1870s in my library. The story goes that when King Edward I of England expelled all the Jewish people from his kingdom, one ship captain deliberately murdered a group of Jews on the river Thames in London.

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