With respect to the JEWISH ROLE IN THE SLAVE TRADE, Rabbi Raphael wrote:
Jews took an active part in the Dutch colonial slave trade; indeed, 1648 slave trade bylaws included an imposta (Jewish tax) of 5 soldos for each Negro slave Brazilian Jews bought from the West Indies Company, and Slave Auctions falling on Jewish holidays were postponed.Jewish merchants played a major role in the French, British, and Dutch slave trade in all American colonies. JEWISH MERCHANTS FREQUENTLY DOMINATED. On the North American mainland during the 18th century, Jews participated in "triangular trade" -- which (1)brought African slaves to the West Indies and exchanged them for molasses; then, (2)took molasses to New England and swapped it for rum, and then (3)sold the rum back to Africa.
Isaac Da Costa-Charleston-1750s, David Franks-Philadelphia-1760s, and Aaron Lopez-Newport-1760s-70s dominated JEWISH SLAVE TRADING on the American continent.
Jewish Talmud: Noah was not mad at Ham for seeing him naked but for performing fellatio on him.
Consider the following quote from the Bible (Genesis 9:25-27), where Noah curses his grandson Canaan and his descendants ("the Canaanites") because Noah's son Ham had seen Noah naked:
"Cursed be Canaan! -- THE LOWEST OF SLAVES WILL HE BE to his brothers" (and) "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave."But, as described in Dreyfuss and Lawrence (1979-p257) "Politics of Inequality", the above quote is the toned-down rephrasing of the original verse of the Talmud where Noah is not mad at Ham for 'seeing him naked,' but because while Noah was (he claims) sleeping, Ham performed fellatio on him:
This passage is one of the favorite of theologians who wished to justify slavery on Biblical grounds. The African descendants of Ham were sentenced to perpetual slavery and slave owners were onlyBecause you have abused me in the darkness of the night, your children shall be born black and ugly; because you have twisted your head to cause me embarrassment, they shall have kinky hair and red eyes; because your lips jested at my exposure, theirs shall swell; and because you neglected my nakedness, they shall go naked with theirshamefully elongated male members exposed for all to see.