Were “prominent” Jews involved in the Black slave trade?

The Anti-Defamation League lists in their 1976 pamphlet entitled American Jews: Their Story 13 pioneers of the American Jewish community—10 of whom have been definitively linked to the slave trade!

The enslavement of Africans caused the Jews no moral compunction. Many were rabbis and leaders of their Jewish synagogues. Rabbi Dr. Bertram W. Korn states in an article published by the American Jewish Historical Society: “There is no iota of evidence, no line in a letter, no stray remark which would lead us to believe that these Jews gave conscious support to the slave system out of fear of arousing anti-Jewish sentiment.” Indeed, “Jews participated in every aspect and process of the exploitation of the defenseless blacks.” Unfortunately, all the known evidence supports Rabbi Korn’s assertions.