Fact Check: Slaveholders gathered wealth created by enslaved people and passed that wealth down to their heirs, ...

Claim: Slaveholders gathered wealth created by enslaved people and passed that wealth down to their heirs, which grew over generations.

Verdict: Correct (92% confidence)

Explanation: According to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, enslaved people worked harder, propelling their owners to new heights of wealth and power, which supports the claim that slaveholders accumulated wealth through enslaved labor. The National Humanities Center confirms that slaveowners' wealth was largely in the people they enslaved, indicating the initial accumulation of wealth. The Conversation reports that many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders, demons...