Place · The Americas
Recife
Center of Jewish settlement in Dutch Brazil and a contrast point with New Christians under Portuguese rule.
8.0737°S 34.9175°W · representative coordinate · approximate · Natural Earth Recife ↗
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By the late seventeenth century, Portuguese communities existed in Curacao, Jamaica, Barbados, and New Amsterdam.
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Twenty-three Jewish immigrants reached New Amsterdam in September 1654.
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Novinsky focuses on the New Christian who stayed in Portuguese lands even when able to choose Holland or Recife.