&quot;A Fugitive Syrian Family. A Professor of Arabic Literature, with His Wife, Six Sons and Daughter at Castle Garden.&quot;

"A Fugitive Syrian Family. A Professor of Arabic Literature, with His Wife, Six Sons and Daughter at Castle Garden."

Title: "A Fugitive Syrian Family. A Professor of Arabic Literature, with His Wife, Six Sons and Daughter at Castle Garden."
Description: The article recounts the arrival of Yussef Amad Arbeely and his family to New York City. Arbeely's family was the first Syrian family to immigrate to New York City. The family immigrated to the United States due to religious persecution in Syria for their Christian faith. The article also describes the members of the family, their language skills, why the family decided to immigrate to the United Staes, and the family's future plans.
Creator: The World Newspaper
Publisher: The World Newspaper, NewspaperArchive

"World Newspaper Archives August 23, 1878 Page 2," NewspaperArchive, https://access-newspaperarchive-com.proxy.library.nyu.edu/us/new-york/new-york/world/1878/08-23/page-2/syrian?pc=20293&psi=67&pci=7&ndt=bd&pd=21&pe=1&pem=1&py=1878&pm=8&pey=1900&psb=dateasc

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Date: August 23, 1878
Type: newspaper
Format: png
Language: English
Subject: Immigration; Religious persecution; Syria
Place: New York City
Temporal Coverage: 19th century
Rights Holder: NewspaperArchive, The World Newspaper
Related Item: Abraham Joseph Arbeely's United States Passport Application, August 31, 1907.; Demonstration of "Life in the Holy Land"by the Arbeely Family of Syria
Rights: Public domain.

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