most jews didn't reside in "antebellum south". some of the biggest north american ports were in california and florida. the states' free ports at the time would not have been us possessions until after the 1800's. most of the markets were in the caribbean. ownership of markets, traders, insurance, and boats. were jews from the exile in spain. buyers were the southerners but the sellers, extractors, and traffickers were jews. the word for black would end up being a common spanish word so go figure.
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