30 juillet 2009
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Sequeira Dias Fatima, « Les juifs marocains dans l'Archipel des Acores - début d'une nouvelle mentalité commerciale : l'exemple des Bensaude », Civilisations, ID : 10.4000/civilisations.1727
The arrival of the Jews in the Azores took place between the end of 1818 and the beginning of 1819. From the 1830's onwards their commercial success was starling due to a greater commercial aggressivity. This commercial success was linked to their ability to expand new lines of business, their experience in handling money, bills of exchange and other sophisticated accounting methods. Neither were they put off by long journeys, nor by selling on credit and their complex network of business contacts all contributed to the rapid settling of Jews in the archipelago in the 19th century. Although they were not resented by the local population, this commercial success, with the exception of the Bensaude family, was relatively short-lived due to stiff local competition and led to the departure of the few remaining merchants from the archipelago after the second world war.