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Aaron Lopez
Aaron Lopez (1731–1782), born Duarte Lopez, was a Portuguese Jewish merchant and philanthropist. Through his varied commercial ventures, he became the wealthiest person in Newport, Rhode Island, in British America. In 1761 and 1762, Lopez unsuccessfully sued the Colony of Rhode Island for citizenship.
==Early life==
Duarte Lopez was born in 1731 in Lisbon, Portugal.〔
〕 He belonged to a family of ''conversos'' who professed Catholicism while they continued to practice Judaism in secret.〔 In 1750 Lopez married a woman named Anna, and within two years the couple had a daughter, Catherine.〔
Aaron's older brother José had left Portugal years earlier, reclaimed his Jewish identity, and taken the name Moses.〔 Moses was naturalized in 1740 and granted a license by the General Assembly to make potash in 1753, and he became a successful merchant in Newport.〔Schappes, p. 573, citing Morris A. Gutstein, ''The Story of the Jews of Newport'' (New York: Block Publishing Co., 1936), pp. 55, 306.〕 In 1752 Duarte and his family moved to Newport, where they lived as Jews and became Aaron, Abigail, and Sarah.〔〔Kaplan, p. 13.〕
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