Jewish Cemetery of Nevis

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The Jewish Cemetery of Nevis is a historic burial ground in Charlestown that reflects the once-thriving Sephardic Jewish community involved in the island’s colonial-era trade and sugar economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith Jewish community of Nevis ⓘ
Sephardic Jews ⓘ
linked to: Sephardi Jews
associatedWithIndustry Atlantic trade ⓘ
sugar trade ⓘ
commemorates Jewish residents of Nevis ⓘ
country Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
culturalContext Caribbean Jewish history ⓘ
governedBy Nevis Island Administration ⓘ
hasFunction burial place for members of the Jewish community ⓘ
heritage Sephardic Jewish ⓘ
heritageStatus historic site ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial era ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Charlestown, Nevis ⓘ
locatedOn island of Nevis ⓘ
materialCulture Jewish gravestones ⓘ
inscribed tombstones ⓘ
near Charlestown waterfront ⓘ
partOf Jewish heritage sites in the Caribbean ⓘ
reflects presence of Sephardic Jews in the Lesser Antilles ⓘ
role of Jews in Nevis sugar economy ⓘ
region Lesser Antilles ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
significance evidence of once-thriving Jewish community on Nevis ⓘ
important site of Jewish heritage in the Caribbean ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedBy Jewish families involved in sugar economy ⓘ
Sephardic Jewish merchants ⓘ

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Charlestown, Nevis → hasLandmark → Jewish Cemetery of Nevis ⓘ
Jewish community of Nevis → hasCemetery → Jewish cemetery in Charlestown, Nevis ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Cemetery of Nevis