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Moses Elias Levy was born July 10, 1782 in [[Essaouira|Mogador]], [[Morocco]]. He died September 7, 1854 in [[White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia|White Sulphur Springs]], [[Virginia]]. {{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
Levy was the son of Eliahu Ha'Levi ibn Yuli, who was a Shab as-Sultan ([[court Jew]]) to [[Mohammed ben Abdallah]], Sultan Sidi Muhammad III.
The family relocated to the Danish Virgin Islands. In 1804, Levy married Hannah Abendanone, in St. Thomas. They had four children, one of whom is, David Levy. Levy left St. Thomas for Puerto Rico. Levy was the first openly professing Jew on Cuba to be permitted to own a sugar Plantation.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} Levy moved to Florida becoming a United States citizen when Florida was purchased by the United States Government.<ref>[[Florida Territory]]</ref> He put his plans into action by relocating to his frontier holdings in the interior of Florida.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} [[File:Micanopy.jpg|left|125px]] He helped found the town of [[Micanopy, Florida]], 1822, named after a [[Seminole]] Indian Chief. Two miles north of Micanopy, Levy began a sugar plantation on his land he called, Pilgrimage Plantation, 1822.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} He
▲Levy moved to Florida becoming a United States citizen when Florida was purchased by the United States Government.<ref>[[Florida Territory]]</ref> He put his plans into action by relocating to his frontier holdings in the interior of Florida.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} [[File:Micanopy.jpg|left|125px]] He helped found the town of [[Micanopy, Florida]], 1822, named after a [[Seminole]] Indian Chief. Two miles north of Micanopy, Levy began a sugar plantation on his land he called, Pilgrimage Plantation, 1822.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} He assisted development of the general economy of Micanopy, Florida in the construction of a road to the [[St. John’s River]], through a joint venture with the Florida Association of New York, a land speculation company.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
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