Rothschild francis biography
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Genealogy of the Rothschild family
The Rothschild family is a europeisk family of German Jewish ursprung that established European banking and finance houses from the late eighteenth century.
The Rothschild family was founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the "founding father of international finance". Wanting his sons to succeed on their own and to expand the family business across Europe, he had his eldest son remain in Frankfurt, while his four other sons were sent to different European cities with the uppdrag of establishing a financial institution to invest in business and provide banking services. Endogamy within the family was an essential part of the Rothschild strategy in order to ensure control of their wealth remained in family hands. Through their collaborative efforts, the Rothschilds rose to prominence in a variety of banking endeavours including loans, government bonds and trading in bullion. Their financing afforded investment opportunities and during the 19th ce
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Whenever I share fascinating primary source documents and intriguing stories about Rothschild Francis and his fight for Virgin Islanders’ civil rights, people ask where they can read more about him. I spent about four years asking the same question, and found myself in Washington DC in the Library of församling basement for three days with microfiche files and delicate newspaper pages from the 1920’s. inom chased documents from The Schomberg Library in Harlem to the New York Public Library in Manhattan. I spent hundreds of dollars on books from sellers in the US Virgin Islands, written by amateur USVI historians. I found relevant articles in academic databases, and some primary source documents from simple Google searches.
There are very few secondary sources about Rothschild Francis and the brilliant strategies he employed to attempt to secure Constitutional rights for his people. inom realized that I, actually, could do something about this.
My masters resear
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Rothschild Francis
Virgin Islands activist (1891–1963)
Rothschild "Polly" Francis (1891–1963) was a self-educated activist in the Virgin Islands.[1] He fought for rights in the press, citizenship for Virgin Islanders, and racial equality.[1][2] To advance these goals he created a newspaper, The Emancipator, spoke in front of a Senate Committee, and engaged in civil disobedience.[1] His influence still has a large impact on the U.S. Virgin Islands today.
Rothschild Francis was born in 1891 in Saint Thomas of the Virgin Islands while they were under the control of Denmark.[1] He lived there through the U.S. acquisition of the Virgin Islands, moved to New York in 1931, and died in 1963.[1] He created The Emancipator in 1921, a newspaper which pushed for social justice and civil liberties in the U.S. Virgin Islands.[2]
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[edit]Rothschild Francis was born in the Danish Virg