The harassment of Prof Tony Martin began when he merely included research by a Jewish scholar, that was referenced in a publication by the Black Panthers on his reading list. The research described funding of the trnaslatatic route ships, along with rum production (which was used in procuring peoplefor slavery ) as the trwo primary ways of Jewish involvement, often under names that appeared Spanish/Dutch or Portuguese. Actual owenrship of plantations was not the primary involvement apparently, according to the Jewish scholar whose research was quoted. by Prof Martin.