Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface: The Search Begins xv
6. Definitions xxv
7. Prologue 3
8. Setting the Stage
9. Obstacles to Equality for Religious Minorities in Britain in 1750 15
10. The New World before 1740 34
11. The Plantation Act, 1740: An Invitation to the Thirteen Colonies and the West Indies 52
12. The Characters Take Their Places, 1747 62
13. British North America 1749–1790
14. Remember Halifax 73
15. Founding People, 1760–1763 82
16. The “Protestant” Jews of Quebec, 1763–1774 93
17. The Liberty Boys 103
18. Cries of War and Peace: The Establishment of a Permanent Jewish Community in Canada, 1775–1790 113
19. Entr’Acte
20. Exemptions from Oaths and Declarations: The Balancing Act for Colonial Equality 1750–1790 129
21. British North America 1791–1860
22. The Retrenchment: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back 145
23. The Upper Canada Proving Ground 158
24. Beyond the Wilderness: The Jews of Lower Canada, 1791–1831 171
25. Colonial Legislatures and the Demise of the State Oaths and the Declaration, 1820–1860 190
26. The Last “Little Spot” 218
27. From Toleration to Equality 228
28. Epilogue 235
29. Notes 241
30. Bibliography 351
31. Index 379