Page "History of the Jews in Morocco" Paragraph 27

The 19th century, which brought emancipation to the Jews of most lands, left those of Morocco on the whole in their old state of sad monotony and stagnation.

Every new war in which Morocco became involved in that century with any foreign country sacrificed the Jews of one district or another of the sultanate to the general depression and discontent which an unsuccessful war usually calls forth in political and commercial life.

The war with France in 1844 brought new misery and ill treatment upon the Moroccan Jews, especially upon those of Mogador ( known as Essaouira ).