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These numbers are completely fabricated. In 1860, there were only about 25,000 Jews in the southern states (about 0.5% of the Confederate population). There is no evidence southern Jews owned slaves at a higher rate; Jews were more frequently merchants rather than farmers. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-challenges.html https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jews-and-the-african-slave-trade/
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