Jews arrive in New Amsterdam, fleeing the Spanish Inquisition in Brazil

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In 1654 Jews began to arrive in New Amsterdam, having fled the Portuguese reconquest of Dutch territory in Brazil. Jewish people had arrived in Brazil earlier in the 16th century from the Netherlands, where many had settled in order to escape the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.

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