Archive for December, 2011
Did the Jews run the slave trade?
Thursday, December 1st, 2011New World Jewry, 1483-1825
By Seymour Liebman, Jewish Historian, published by The Jewish Historical Society
“The traffic of slaves was a royal monopoly, and the Jews were often appointed as agents of the crown for their sale.”
“[The Jews] were the largest ship chandlers in the entire Caribbean region, where the shipping process was mainly a Jewish enterprise.”
“The [...]