Savings and Trust by Justene Hill Edwards

22/10/2024 10h 15min
Savings and Trust by Justene Hill Edwards

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Title: Savings and Trust
Author: Justene Hill Edwards
Narrator: Diana Blue
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 10-22-24
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Economics
Publisher's Summary:
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's Bank collapsed. Fully informed by new archival findings, historian Justene Hill Edwards unearths a major turning point in American history in this comprehensive account of the Freedman's Bank and its depositors