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Thomas Kennedy: The Poet Who Loved Liberty and Led a Struggle for Religious Tolerance

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The Maryland state constitution barred Jews from holding public office unless they would submit to a Christian oath. This requirement was finally removed with the passage of the 1826 Jew Bill, which was championed by the non-Jewish legislator Thomas Kennedy.  Dan Guzy's book on Thomas Keneedy provides Kennedy's story.

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