Abstract

ODEGARD, Erik. Sephardic Women Between Dutch Atlantic Worlds, 1654-1680. e-JPH [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.1, pp.1-21.  Epub Dec 31, 2023. ISSN 1645-6432.  https://doi.org/10.26300/8qwh-yq03.

The fall of the Dutch colony in Brazil in 1654 sparked a period of upheaval and change for the colony’s Sephardic Jewish community. Brazil had been a place of unprecedented liberties for the Jewish community there, and over the coming quarter century, the former inhabitants of the colony would search for a “new Brazil” and opportunities to create spaces for organized Jewish life in Atlantic colonies. Brazil had also seen Jewish family migration, and included in the exodus from Brazil and the subsequent resettling were Jewish women. Though their role is difficult to grasp through the colonial records, metropolitan sources allow for a more detailed understanding of the role of Jewish women in the Dutch Republic in pursuit of compensation for possessions and real estate lost in Brazil.

Keywords : Dutch Atlantic; Sephardic Atlantic; Dutch Brazil; Barbados; Interimperial connections.

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