1831 ⟶ Papineau's Sponsorship of Jewish Rights in Lower Canada
The prominent French-Canadian politician Louis-Joseph Papine...
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📜 Canada Amends Oath Allowing Jews
The law in Canada requiring the oath "on my faith as a Christian" was amended in 1829 to provide for Jews to not take the oath.⟶
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Canada📜 Papineau's Sponsorship of Jewish Rights in Lower Canada
The prominent French-Canadian politician Louis-Joseph Papineau sponsored a law which granted full equivalent political rights to Jews in Lower Canada, twenty-seven years before anywhere else in the British Empire.⟶
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Canada⚖️ Legal Guarantee of Political Rights for Jews in Canada
Partly because of the work of Ezekiel Hart, a law was passed that guaranteed Jews the same political rights and freedoms as Christians in Canada.⟶
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Canada⚖️ US Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of Civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on religion, race, color, sex, or national origin.⟶
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