Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight (New Perspectives on Jewish Studies)
By Eli Faber.
Description
In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide has opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship has 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. In 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...
ISBN(s)
0814726380, 9780814726389
