An antisemite I know posted this on his Instagram story. But these numbers don't add up to me. Does anyone know the truth about this?
"At the height of American slavery, 78% of slave owners were ethnic Jews. 40% of the Jewish population were slave owners, while only 0.35% of white Americans owned slaves.
sources:
Rodriguez, p. 385
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/usjewpop1.html
US Government Consesus, 1860"
Taking these one at a time:
Jewish people did not own slaves out of proportion to their numbers in the U.S.: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/cp1feo/how_much_validity_is_there_to_the_claims_that/
About 25% of families in the South owned slaves: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4al3zm/approximately_how_many_americans_owned_at_least/