![]() He and his family moved to Philadelphia where he started a new brokerage house. Released then arrested again, Salomon was sentenced to death but managed to escape the British jail. Unbeknownst to his British captors, Salomon used his skills of persuasion to encourage British soldiers to desert and for German mercenaries to support the cause of American independence. Imprisoned for a year and a half, Salomon worked as a translator between the British and the German mercenaries who were fighting in the war during that time. When war broke out, the British arrested Salomon as a spy. Much of his financial acumen went to finding ways to raise money to support the revolutionary cause. He settled in New York and joined the Sons of Liberty, supporting himself by setting up a brokerage house. Soon after arriving in America 1775, Salomon became an enthusiastic backer of American independence. One of the key American patriots fighting in New York was a Jewish immigrant from Poland named Haym Salomon. The site was a key base in defending Manhattan from British forces. ![]() During the American Revolutionary war, Continental Army troops constructed a sturdy fortification at its peak and named it Fort Washington after General George Washington. The highest point on the island of Manhattan is in Washington Heights. ![]() Here are six little-known Jewish facts about Washington Heights' vibrant Jewish history and community today. The neighborhood has also long been home to thousands of Jews. ![]() In the Heights, Lin Manuel Miranda’s joyous Broadway play and new film, focuses on Manhattan’s Washington Heights large Latino community. ![]()
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