Matt WillemsenAug 22, 2024
US Congress members' wealth statistically linked with ancestors' slaveholding practices
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-congress-members-wealth-statistically-linked.html
#US #CongressMembers #wealth #Ancestors #slaveholding
US Congress members' wealth statistically linked with ancestors' slaveholding practices

According to a new study, as of April 2021, US Congress members whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more people had a net worth that was five times higher than that of legislators whose ancestors did not have slaves. Neil Sehgal of the University of Pennsylvania, US, and Ashwini Sehgal of Case Western Reserve University, US present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 21, 2024.

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Eric GrilJun 27, 2023

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery-lawmakers-overview/

#Reuters found that 118 of America's most influential #leaders have a #slaveholding #ancestor. Explore information about their forebears and the people they #enslaved.

More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery

Reuters explores what the U.S. elite's ancestral connections to slavery mean to presidents, governors, lawmakers and Supreme Court justices – and to America itself.

Reuters
beSpacificJun 27, 2023
More than 100 U.S. #leaders – #lawmakers, #presidents, #governors and #justices – have #slaveholding #ancestors, a #Reuters examination found. Few are willing to talk about their ties to America's “original sin” https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery-lawmakers/ #slavery #descendents #LindseyGraham #history #education #StopBookBanning
More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery

Reuters explores what the ancestral connections to slavery mean to presidents, governors, members of Congress and Supreme Court justices -- and to Americans themselves.

Reuters