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I guess they had to flee to colonies ruled by the dutch or burned at the stake, or they could become fervent catholics like most did.
No, you're getting confused with what occurred in Spanish and Portuguese colonies in addition to a lesser extent in French colonies in regards to persecution of Jews and Inquisitions.
Dutch and British colonies and regions embraced and accepted Spanish/Portuguese Jews and Sephardim and they could openly practice Judaism. They were very important colonists in all colonies.
That's what I told you umpteenth times!!!
No Jews in Spain or Spanish colonies, the Inquisition ended after the emancipation.
Only Cuba and Puerto Rico had large Jewish communities while being Spanish colonies.
One has to keep in mind small populations can grow to very large populations in just a few centuries. For instance, most French Canadians are descended from just a few thousand French colonists, and by the Seven Years War, only 60,000 French lived in North America. Over 250 years, that number has increased to over ten million.
When the slave trade to the United States ended, the U.S had about a million black residents, during the Civil War, the United States had about three million slaves and half a million Free Blacks - nearly 40 million African Americans are their descendants.
So a few thousand Spaniards here and there in Colonial Latin American could lead to tens of millions of direct descendants.
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