Abstract
The Jews in British America” is a topic that could easily consume many more pages than are available here. To do the topic full justice, one would need to look not only at the British North American colonies but also at English Suriname, Barbados, Nevis, and Jamaica, all of which already had at least some kind of Jewish presence in the second half of the seventeenth century. In addition to the usual topics—political rights, economic structure, social and intergroup relations, cultural life, and so on—one would also want to undertake a detailed comparison between the condition of Jews