A biography of the Jewish American who fought anti-semitism within the United States Navy and was instrumental in preserving Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello.

This edited transcript of over 900 pages of testimony, charges, interrogatories, examinations and cross-examinations of the witnesses for and against Navy Captain Uriah Phillips Levy at the Naval Court of Inquiry in 1857 shows the magnitude of the anti-Semitic attitude amongst certain naval officers during that period of history.

Uriah Phillips Levy declared himself “an American, a sailor, and a Jew." On his way to achieving the Navy's highest rank of Commodore, Levy faced pirates, a mutinous crew, and six courts-martial, which led to three dismissals from service. He helped abolish flogging as a means of punishment and saved Monticello (President Jefferson’s estate) from destruction.