Excerpt from An Early Jewish Colony in Western Guiana, 1658 1666: And Its Relation to the Jews in Surinam, Cayenne and Tobago This grant, heretofore unidentified, is important to us as bearing upon the question of the connection of the American elements in the resettlement of the Jews in England, which has been raised by an English writer who will now be referred to. It contains important clauses relating to the granting of civil rights to the Jews, and being shown herein to be a Dutch grant disposes of the claim that to the English belongs the honor of first practicing Jewish emancipation in America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.