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The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition

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An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815, this book explores the social and familial experiences of one of the most critical yet understudied nodes of the Atlantic Portuguese Jewish Diaspora. Stanley Mirvis examines how Jamaica’s Jews put down roots as traders, planters, pen keepers, physicians, fishermen, and metalworkers, and reveals how their presence shaped the colony as much as settlement in the tropical West Indies transformed the lives of the island’s Jews.
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Year:
2020
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Language:
English
Pages:
304
ISBN 10:
030025203X
ISBN 13:
9780300252033
ISBN:
9780300252033,030025203X

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