Samuel, Edward

Edward Samuel tells of his birth, of his parents and his extended Jewish family, of his trip to England to avoid mandatory service in the Russian army, of his account of his conversion from Judaism to Christianity, and of his Christian ministry. He begins by writing, "I was born in a small town, called Vinooty, in Russian Poland, on the borders of Prussia, on the 14th of the month Nisan, 1812, on the evening before the Passover." He continued in school until he was sixteen years old when he was forced to leave his home. In London, Edward Samuel met a fellow Jew from his homeland. Edward Samuel...