Ezekiel Hart and the Oath Problem in the Assembly of Lower Canada

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Ezekiel Hart and the Oath Problem in the Assembly of Lower Canada
Abstract
An examination of the anti-Semitic rhetoric that erupted in 1807 and 1808, from both Anglophones and Francophones, when Ezekiel Hart, a Jew, won election to Lower Canada's Legislative Assembly for Trois-Rivière. Hart was expelled from the Assembly because other members, mostly the Catholic Francophones, claimed that a Jew could not take an oath of loyalty on a Christian bible.
Publication
Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal Société de l'histoire juive canadienne
Volume
Vol. 3
Issue
no. 1
Pages
10-26
Date
Spring 1979
Language
en
Citation
Arnold, Abraham J. “Ezekiel Hart and the Oath Problem in the Assembly of Lower Canada.” Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal Société de l’histoire juive canadienne Vol. 3, no. 1 (Spring 1979): 10–26.
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