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
Sephardi Jews
surface form: Sephardic 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