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2024-05-05 06:57:12 UTC - HELPFUL
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Whilst a higher proportion of Jewish people may have owned slaves, they would still have only contributed a small minority of the total number of slaveowners. The claim that "78% of slaveowners were Jewish" is not realistic or plausible simply based on population figures. https://israeled.org/timeline/1860-jewish-population/ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jews-and-the-african-slave-trade/
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