Moses Cohen Mordecai

Moses Cohen Mordecai was born on February 19, 1804, in Charleston, South Carolina. ==Career==

Mordecai owned the Mordecai Steamship Line, which he used to import fruit, sugar, tobacco, and coffee. Additionally, he was a co-owner of the Southern Standard, a newspaper published in South Carolina from 1851 to 1858. According to author Robert N. Rosen, Mordecai became "the most prominent Jewish Charlestonian of the 1850s and 1860s." Overall, he did not suffer from much open antisemitism; however, historians have noted that Senator James Henry Hammond (1807–1864) privately called him a "miserable Jew" in his diary. Some of his ships were used by the Confederate States Navy. For example, the Isabel, named in honor of his wife, was used to remove Major Robert Anderson (1805–1871) from Fort Sumter at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861. Mordecai was a slave owner. ==Personal life==

Mordecai married Isabel Rebecca Lyons (1804–1896). ==Death==

Mordecai died on December 30, 1888, in Baltimore. ==References==