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What happened to the Jews in Barbados

19 events, 1654 AD to 1820 AD

Cities, towns and sites in Barbados

Timeline

17th century

  1. c. 1654 AD Special taxes and restrictions on Jews in Barbados · Barbados
  2. 1656 AD Barbados Jews granted rights of English law · Barbados
  3. 1664 AD Banishment of the de Piso family and others from Barbados · Barbados
  4. 1667 AD Jews of Barbados accused of illicit trade with the Dutch · Barbados
  5. 1671 AD Free exercise of religion granted to Jews of Barbados · Barbados
  6. 1674 AD Barbados Jews granted oath on the five books of Moses · Barbados
  7. 1674 AD Barbados lets Jews swear on the five books of Moses · Barbados
  8. 1679 AD Act barring Jews from keeping or trading with slaves · Barbados
  9. 1679 AD Special sugar tax on the Jews of Bridgetown · Bridgetown, Barbados
  10. 1681 AD Grand jury presentment against "vagrant and poor Jews" · Barbados
  11. 1688–1706 AD Limit of one slave per non-denizen Jew · Barbados
  12. 1693 AD Special taxation of Jews in Barbados · Barbados

18th century

  1. 1703 AD Jews barred from employing Christian indentured servants · Barbados
  2. 1706 AD Repeal of the one-slave restriction on Jews · Barbados
  3. 1739 AD Mob destroys Semah David synagogue in Speightown · Speightstown, Barbados
  4. 1756–1761 AD Special annual tax on the Jews of Barbados · Barbados
  5. 1761 AD Special Jewish tax lifted in Barbados · Barbados

19th century

  1. 1802 AD Barbados removes all disabilities of Jews · Barbados
  2. 1820 AD Jews granted full civil rights in Barbados · Barbados

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