The Jewish "Nigger"

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Apparently Gershom's bondage is a property of his negritude, and not
his judaism. Although there were blacks who owned slaves, and jews who
owned slaves during this period of colonial america, I don't recall hearing
about any blacks who owned jews.

Gershom is certainly given "the run of the house" by pynchon's parody
of GW, which begs the question: is the fictional character "Gershom" given 
more
freedom than might be expected, i.e., given deferential treatment, because
of his jewishness? Does Gershom's secular jewishness, and the way he expresses
it, somehow have an effect on Washington that wins for gersh special 
treatment?

Or does Pynchon have something else in mind by making Gershom a jew?