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NoisyCricket ago

They owned the majority of ships and slaves brought to the United States. They also owned a small majority of slaves in the United States.

At its peak, no more than ~2% of the US population ever owned a slave. And the US had slaves of every color and race, including whites. There were also black slave owners.

A black slave owner sued and set the legal precedent to allow for slavery in the United States.

Basically, without Muslims, blacks, and Jews, it's almost certain slavery would have never been legal. Even if it had been legal, it would have been exceptionally rare.

Joe_McCarthy ago

Jews owned a majority of slaves in the US? L-O-L.

psuchopompos ago

In the pre-Civil War United States 2% of white gentile households owned slaves. 40% of Jewish households owned slaves. Jews were 2000% more likely to own slaves than white gentiles.

Joe_McCarthy ago

There were also almost no Jews in the US in the pre-Civil War era. So that's hardly compelling.

i_scream_trucks ago

So a war that happened primarily for half of the nation to keep its slaves while the other half wanted to turn them into voters happened when there were no slaves in the united states. Makes perfect sense.

Joe_McCarthy ago

Wut.