CHAPTER VIII

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THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH WEST INDIES.

The community of Curaçao――Encouragement to settle is followed by restrictions――Plans of Jewish colonization――Trade communication with New Amsterdam――Stuyvesant’s slur――The first congregation―― Departures to North America and to Venezuela――Barbadoes―― Taxation and legal status――Decay after the hurricane of 1831―― Jamaica under Spain and under England――Hebrew taught in the Parish of St. Andrews in 1693――Harsh measures and excessive taxation――Naturalizations.

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