{"product_id":"jews-slaves-and-the-slave-trade-setting-the-record-straight-hardcover","title":"Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEli Faber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave trade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated legend, that Jews controlled and masterminded the slave trade and owned slaves on a large scale, well in excess of their own proportion in the population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, likely to stand as the definitive word on the subject, Eli Faber cuts through this cloud of mystification to recapture an important chapter in both Jewish and African diasporic history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the British empire, Faber assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. His unprecedented original research utilizes shipping and tax records, stock-transfer ledgers, censuses, slave registers, and synagogue records. These materials reveal, once and for all, the minimal nature of Jews' involvement in the subjugation of Africans in the Americas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA crucial corrective, \u003ci\u003eJews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade\u003c\/i\u003e lays to rest one of the most contested historical controversies of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe late Eli Faber\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, and author of \u003ci\u003eA Time for Planting: The First Migration, 1654-1828\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume in the five-volume \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish People in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 9.25 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750820675872,"sku":"9780814726389","price":192.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c38f8367f80720b4f5da9dcee1ef515.webp?v=1779958568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jews-slaves-and-the-slave-trade-setting-the-record-straight-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}