[thworp]

Yes, what a great point! This is why Mauritania had all of the world's richest men until 1981 when they outlawed slavery. If they hadn't done that Bezos and Musk would have nothing on the founders of Mauritanian SlaveTrade Corporation.

Similarly it's why southern plantation owners where by far the richest people in America until the civil war. Carnegie and Vanderbilt had nothing on them. Strange though that nobody knows their names, must be censored by the Neo-Confederacy.

[jldugger]

> Strange though that nobody knows their names, must be censored by the Neo-Confederacy.

Wikipedia has a small list for your perusal[1]. Several actually[2][3][4][5].

    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_at_American_colleges_an d_universities#Columbia_University
    [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_who_owned_slaves
    [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_the_United_States_who_owned_slaves
    [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_owned_slaves
    [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:First_Families_of_Virginia