The Emancipation of the Jews 1791
Source: Loi relative aux Juifs. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791;
Translated: for marxists.org by Mitchell Abidor;
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Given in Paris, November 13, 1791
LOUIS, by the grace of God and by the constitutional law of the state King of the French. To all present and to come: greetings
The National Assembly has decreed, and we wish and order the following:
DECREE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Of September 27, 1791
The National Assembly, considering that the conditions necessary for being a French citizen and to become an active citizen are fixed by the constitution and, that any man who brings together such conditions, swears a civic oath, and commits to fulfill all the duties that the constitution imposes has a right to all the advantages it ensures;
Revokes all adjournments, reservations, and exceptions inserted into preceding decrees relating to Jewish individuals who take the civic oath, the doing of which shall be regarded as a renunciation of all privileges and exceptions previously inserted in their favor.
We demand and order all administrative bodies and tribunals to enter this in their registers; read, publish, and post it in their respective departments and areas of responsibility, and execute it as the law of the kingdom. In faith of which We have signed the present, to which We have affixed the state seal. Paris, the thirteenth day of the month of November, the year of grace one thousand seven hundred ninety-one, and the eighteenth of our reign.
Signed
LOUIS