Manuel/Emanuel/Mann families
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10/16/99
We have done extensive geneology on our family. Here is where these names come from; Manuel Van Angola was a man fleeing from the Spanish and Portugues inquisition. Because of the Dutch trade route, many of these Sephardic Jews ended up in Brazil, Holland, Africa and other islands in the caribbean where they were declared slaves by the Portugues government because they were Jews and denied all rights.(Many children were forcibly seperated from their Jewish parents and sent to Africa so they would be "raised as christians".) These Sephardic Jews intermarried with African people (possibly Jews also)and were were sold to various countries to be used as slaves. Our relative, Manuel Van Angola (which means Manuel from Angola) (Jews usually had only first names) was bought or brought to New Amsterdam by Dutch slave owners (with Dutch Jewish surnames De Groot, Devries, De Fries, De Freese, De Groat and Van Dunk )These slave owners may have been cripto-jews (secret jews) who converted to the Dutch Reformed Church. These slave owning families who lived in New Jersey and New York had children with their slaves and gave their offspring hundreds of acres of land in the Hudson River Valley area. Because of the Dutch way of naming children, Manuel Van Angola had offspring with the names of Manuels, Emanuels, Claessen, Dye, Mannels and finally Mann. Many people in our family have been told they were American Indian, to explain the darker skin. After tracing our family line we found out we are actually Spanish-Portugues-Afro-Jews. Other Sephardic Jews from Brazil, Africa, etc. were bought and sent to other Colonial outposts including the original 13 states and many of the southern states. For this reason our family have different names, live in different states or countries, but all have similarities. There is a connection between the Mulungeons and all our families. We are all different colors, light, medium and dark, but we share the same blood lines and have a common heritage. I hope we can get together and meet each other! A good book to read that explains where the Manuel family came from is:"The Ramapo Mountain People" by David Steven Cohen. Barnes and Noble have a 50% off coupon on their website and I bought the book for $7.00. Please E-Mail me if you'd like. K.L.Mann
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