reply to post by airspoon
I guess there are different views.
See, for example, the book by Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael, 'Jews and Judaism in the United States: A Documentary History (New York: Behrman House, Inc.,
Pub, 1983), pp. 14, 23-25.
In his work he takes the opposite approach to your source in that he talks of 'heavy involvement'.
Tony Martin, Professor in African Studies at Wellesly College, has researched and spoken extensively on this.
He has written about it in his book: ' The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront.'
Who owned the slaving ships?
For sure they were heavily involved in ownership of the ships.
Name Of Slave Ships And Their Owners:
The 'Abigail-Caracoa' - Aaron Lopez, Moses Levy, Jacob Crown
Isaac Levy and Nathan Simpson
The'Nassau' - Moses Levy
The 'Four Sisters' - Moses Levy
The 'Anne' & The 'Eliza' - Justus Bosch and John Abrams
The 'Prudent Betty' - Henry Cruger and Jacob Phoenix
The 'Hester' - Mordecai and David Gomez
The 'Elizabeth' - Mordecai and David Gomez
The 'Antigua' - Nathan Marston and Abram Lyell
The 'Betsy' - Wm. De Woolf
The 'Polly' - James De Woolf
The 'White Horse' - Jan de Sweevts
The 'Expedition' - John and Jacob Roosevelt
The 'Charlotte' - Moses and Sam Levy and Jacob Franks
The 'Franks' - Moses and Sam Levy
And its also historical fact that the slave markets were usually not held on the Sabbath.
So I guess that leaves us with differing opinions.
edit on 30-9-2010 by wcitizen because: (no reason given)
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