EventAcross the pillars

Sephardi Brazilians Flee to New Amsterdam

d009_sephardi_diaspora.8
Sephardi Brazilians Flee to New Amsterdam

Word has reached us that Portuguese forces are pressing hard against our colonies across the ocean, and the Sephardi merchant families who built their lives under our flag there have nowhere left to turn but towards other colonies of ours. A number of them have already sailed for our settlement at the mouth of the North River, hoping the freedoms granted here in Amsterdam will follow them across the water.

Historical event
  • Is Holland
  • Date: 1654–1660
  • Monthly chance: 50%
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type = country_event
title = d009_sephardi_diaspora.8.title Sephardi Brazilians Flee to New Amsterdam
desc = d009_sephardi_diaspora.8.desc Word has reached us that Portuguese forces are pressing hard against our colonies across the ocean, and the Sephardi merchant families who built their lives under our flag there have nowhere left to turn but towards other colonies of ours. A number of them have already sailed for our settlement at the mouth of the North River, hoping the freedoms granted here in Amsterdam will follow them across the water.
outcome = neutral
historical_info = d009_sephardi_diaspora.8.historical_info After Portugal reconquered Hollandish Brazil in 1654, a group of twenty-three Sephardi Jewish refugees sailed north and landed in New Amsterdam, becoming the first known Jewish settlers in what would later become New York. Governor Peter Stuyvesant initially tried to expel them, but was overruled by the Hollandish West India Company, whose own board included Jewish shareholders, a decision that let this small community become the seed of what is today one of the largest Jewish populations in the world.
fire_only_once = yes
dynamic_historical_event = {
tag = HOL
from = 1654.1.1
to = 1660.1.1
monthly_chance = 50
}

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