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2023-07-15 17:34:37 UTC - HELPFUL
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Jewish people were a tiny minority of Americans at the time and accounted for <2% of all Africans sold into the transatlantic slave trade. The claim that most slaveowners were Jews gained traction from the Nation of Islam, who have a long history of antisemitism. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/debunking-the-jewish-slave-trade-myth/
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