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They are usually the same "people"

Yep, in fact many Jewish communities actually were quite well off in the south, not suprising since those excluded from European gentry often tried to become it in the South.... some like Judah Benjamin even became cabinet members in the Confederacy. in fact the Jews even faced persecution from...

It isn’t couldn’t, it is a case of why? The demand for people was in the north east for the factories, which is why you see a massive chain of people to what we now call the rust belt, and California was the other major area with demand. Also the islands were used to check for disease in...

Mostly, also you needed to consider where immigrants could enter, if you came from europe you had to go to ellis island in New York, and if you were from Asia you had to go to angel island in California. If you weren’t processed there you were here illegally and ran the risk of being arrested...

Interestingly in terms of race laws New Orleans didn’t really enforce them at all.... because it was too corrupt a city to do it. Also the city had its own racial views due to the creoles.