Jewish emancipation in the Batavian Republic (1796)

In 1796 the Netherlands granted the Jews equal rights with non-Jews, a landmark of emancipation under the Batavian Republic. The measure emerged from the revolutionary context created by the Batavian Revolution of 1795 and the new National Assembly convened in The Hague in March 1796.

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Background and detail

Background. The Batavian Republic, proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution, succeeded the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. French intervention in early 1795 had toppled the old Dutch Republic, forcing the Stadtholder into exile and opening the way for a new political order.

Political Context of 1796. A grass-roots democratic movement of popular societies and precinct meetings formed in the summer of 1795, demanding popular influence on government. The States General began arranging its peaceful replacement, and the new National Assembly convened in The Hague on 1 March 1796, months before the emancipation measure.

Emancipation of the Jews. In 1796 the Netherlands granted the Jews equal rights with non-Jews. The supplied sources date this grant to 1796, within the first year of the National Assembly, though the passages do not describe the legislative debate or the exact provisions of the measure.

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