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Ninette Benjamin De Bousignas<br>

Ninette Benjamin De Bousignas<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Philip and ​Rebecca de Mendes Benjamin'''Alma mater''':<br>​​

Philip and ​Rebecca de Mendes Benjamin<br>

'''Alma mater''':<br>​​

[[Harvard University]] (two years)}}

[[Harvard University]] (two years)}}

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==Background==

==Background==

Born in Christiansted on St. Croix in the British Virgin Islands, Benjamin was the son of Sephardic [[England|English]] immigrants Philip Benjamin (1779-1853) and the former Rebecca de Mendes (died 1847). At the age of two, he relocated with his family to Wilmington and then Fayetteville, [[North Carolina]], the latter on the Cape Fear River. There Benjamin received his first formal education at a private academy run by Colin McIver, a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] minister. The family moved again because  of the Panic of 1819 to [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]. From 1825 to 1827 at the ages fourteen and sixteen, he attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. His political enemies later claimed that Benjamin had left Yale early because he was allegedly caught stealing from fellow students. This has never been confirmed, and he was given a clean release by the Yale president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6372266/judah-philip-benjamin|title=Judah Philip Benjamin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

Born in Christiansted on St. Croix in the British Virgin Islands, Benjamin was the son of Sephardic [[England|English]] immigrants Philip Benjamin (1779-1853) and the former Rebecca de Mendes (died 1847). At the age of two, he relocated with his family to Wilmington and then Fayetteville, [[North Carolina]], the latter on the Cape Fear River. There Benjamin received his first formal education at a private academy run by Colin McIver, a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] minister. The family moved again because  of the Panic of 1819 to [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]. From 1825 to 1827 at the ages fourteen and sixteen, he attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. His political enemies later claimed that Benjamin had left Yale early because he was allegedly caught stealing from fellow students. This has never been confirmed, and he was given a clean release by the Yale president.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6372266/judah-philip-benjamin|title=Judah Philip Benjamin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==