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Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank

By Justene Hill Edwards
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By Justene Hill Edwards
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A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2024


A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Freedman’s Bank has shaped economic inequality in America.

In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman’s Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad for economic growth and self-determination. But only nine years after it opened, their trust was betrayed and the Freedman...

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