The Open court . Preparing for the Burial, in Belgium. the Dutch took possession of the country. The nucleus formedby the Jewish settlers from Holland was greatly strengthened bythe progress of the Dutch in Brazil, under William of Nassau,about 1640, when some 600 Jews sailed from Amsterdam to Brazilin 1641, but were obliged to leave again in consequence of thedownfall of the Dutch rule in Brazil in 1654. In the meantime,the settlement founded in French Guiana increased at a rapid rate,the Jews enjoying special privileges here. During the wars be-tween France and England in the reign of Louis
The Open court . Preparing for the Burial, in Belgium. the Dutch took possession of the country. The nucleus formedby the Jewish settlers from Holland was greatly strengthened bythe progress of the Dutch in Brazil, under William of Nassau,about 1640, when some 600 Jews sailed from Amsterdam to Brazilin 1641, but were obliged to leave again in consequence of thedownfall of the Dutch rule in Brazil in 1654. In the meantime,the settlement founded in French Guiana increased at a rapid rate,the Jews enjoying special privileges here. During the wars be-tween France and England in the reign of Louis XIV., the Jews inEastern Guiana [suffered severely, in consequence of which they 350 THE OPEN COURT. settled at Surinam. Their privileges were confirmed under KingCharles II., by Lord Willoughby (1662) and the Dutch and WestIndian Company. Of those parts of the West Indies where Jewishsettlements are to be found, the British colony of Jamaica deserves. »T!p^-m||,;;i,i,,|(.p; < I.
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