History
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In the same years in which Jews were elected to the Dutch national assembly (the Batavian Convention), Jews on Curaçao were characterized in a letter received on the island in an unmistakably anti-Semitic way. The author was the prominent French official Victor Hugues, based in Guadeloupe. Two elders of the local Jewish community responded with a letter that shows a remarkable assertiveness, probably facilitated by the emancipation of Jews in the Dutch metropole. They reminded him of the principles of the French revolution, of which he was a servant. The letter, in the possession today of a private collector, is transcribed and translated here and provided with a context.
Publication Title
NWIG New West Indian Guide
Publication Date
2018
Volume
92
Issue
1-2
First Page
63
Last Page
72
ISSN
1382-2373
DOI
10.1163/22134360-09201055
Keywords
agency, Curaçao, Jews, revolution
Repository Citation
Klooster, Wim, "A Jewish Response to French Antisemitism in Revolutionary Times" (2018). History. 38.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/38
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