Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society : : Suriname in the Atlantic World, 1651-1825 /

Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society : : Suriname in the Atlantic World, 1651-1825 / / Aviva Ben-Ur.

A fascinating portrait of Jewish life in Suriname from the 17th to 19th centuriesJewish Autonomy in a Slave Society explores the political and social history of the Jews of Suriname, a Dutch colony on the South American mainland just north of Brazil. Suriname was home to the most privileged Jewish c...

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Ben-Ur, Aviva,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The Early Modern Americas
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 21 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. Jews, Slavery, and Suriname in the Atlantic World
  • CHAPTER 1. A Jewish Village in a Slave Society
  • CHAPTER 2. The Paradox of Privilege
  • CHAPTER 3. From Immigrants to Rooted Migrants
  • CHAPTER 4. The Emergence of Eurafrican Jews
  • CHAPTER 5. The Quest for Eurafrican Jewish Equality
  • CHAPTER 6. Purim in the Public Eye
  • CHAPTER 7. The Abolition of Communal Autonomy
  • CONCLUSION. True Settlers in a Slave Society
  • APPENDIX
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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