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A Jewish White Supremacist?

Judah P. Benjamin was a United States Senator from Louisiana, and after his state seceded from the Union he served in the Cabinet of the Confederate States of America. Interestingly, Benjamin was born in the British West Indies to parents who were Sephardic Jews.

Despite the fact that anti-semitism was definitely prevalent at the time, the family was still able to gain success and own slaves. Judah paid the dowry of his wife Natalie with the payment of two female slaves. He later became a spokesperson for the right of slavery. After the Civil War, he escaped to England where he worked as a barrister.