It's worth a thought whether you can trace generational wealth back to a time when people were enslaving people. I, for example, did some research a while back

It's worth a thought whether you can trace generational wealth back to a time when people were enslaving people. I, for example, did some research a while back, since my family has been in America since the 1600's, and I found one instance of an ancestor who "owned" a slave. (In quotes because I accept this is not a legitimate use of the word.) No benefit of that has been passed down to me, and no information about it except my own digging, so I don't feel I'm responsible for that. Errata that I found during that search was she was set free when she married, and I had two (English) ancestors deeper in time who were themselves enslaved by Barbary pirates.