US Congress members’ wealth statistically linked with ancestors’ slaveholding practices (IMAGE)
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Sehgal and Sehgal examined the net worth of members of the U.S. Congress and its relationship with being a descendant of slave owners. Legislators whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more individuals had $3.93 million higher net worth compared to legislators whose ancestors were not slave owners, a five-fold increase.
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Anne-Lise Paris, (www.in-graphidi.com), PLOS, CC-BY 4.0
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