Dates of Emancipation
In some countries, emancipation came with a single act. In others, limited rights were granted first in the hope of "changing" the Jews "for the better."
| Year | Country |
|---|---|
| 1789 | United States (Federal Government) |
| 1791 | France |
| 1796 | Batavian Republic |
| 1808 | Grand Duchy of Hesse |
| 1808 | Westphalia |
| 1811 | Grand Duchy of Frankfurt |
| 1812 | Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| 1812 | Prussia |
| 1828 | Württemberg |
| 1830 | Belgium |
| 1830 | Greece |
| 1832 | Canada |
| 1833 | Electorate of Hesse |
| 1834 | United Netherlands |
| 1835 | Sweden-Norway |
| 1839 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1842 | Kingdom of Hanover |
| 1848 | Nassau |
| 1849 | Hamburg |
| 1849 | Denmark |
| 1856 | Switzerland |
| 1858 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1861 | Italy |
| 1862 | Baden |
| 1863 | Holstein |
| 1864 | Free City of Frankfurt |
| 1867 | Austria-Hungary |
| 1869 | North German Confederation |
| 1871 | Germany |
| 1877 | New Hampshire last US state enacting full emancipation |
| 1878 | Bulgaria |
| 1878 | Serbia |
| 1890 | Brazil |
| 1910 | Spain |
| 1911 | Portugal |
| 1917 | Russia |
| 1923 | Romania |
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Famous quotes containing the words dates and/or emancipation:
“Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire
What thou dost foist upon us that is old,”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When Abraham Lincoln penned the immortal emancipation proclamation he did not stop to inquire whether every man and every woman in Southern slavery did or did not want to be free. Whether women do or do not wish to vote does not affect the question of their right to do so.”
—Mary E. Haggart, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 3, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)