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New Amsterdam
Dutch colony where twenty-three Jewish immigrants arrived in 1654 (later New York).
40.7040°N 74.0120°W · representative coordinate · approximate · Natural Earth New York ↗
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Twenty-three Jewish immigrants reached New Amsterdam in September 1654. Peter Stuyvesant tried to remove them, but the West India Company required toleration.
Community: Jews of New Amsterdam
Twenty-three Jewish immigrants reached New Amsterdam in September 1654. Peter Stuyvesant tried to remove them, but the West India Company required toleration.