Brooks Brothers
The suit retailer started their company in the 1800s by selling clothes for slaves to slave traders. Join the conversation!
The suit retailer started their company in the 1800s by selling clothes for slaves to slave traders. Join the conversation!
Today U.S.A. Today reported that its parent company (E.W. Scripps and Gannett) was linked to the slave trade. Join the conversation!
(American International Group) AIG purchased American General Financial which owns U.S. Life Insurance Company. AIG found documentation that U.S. Life insured the lives of slaves. Join the conversation!
Aetna insured the lives of slaves during the 1850’s and reimbursed slave owners when their slaves died. Join the conversation!
Norfolk Southern Rail Road. Two companies (Mobile & Girard and the Central of Georgia) became part of Norfolk Southern. Mobile & Girard paid slave owners $180 to rent their slaves to the railroad for a year. Join the conversation!
The Central of Georgia owned several slaves. Join the conversation!
Bank of America predecessor banks (Boatman Savings Institution & Southern Bank of St. Louis) had ties to slavery and another predecessor accepted slaves as collateral on loans. Join the conversation!
New York Life found that its predecessor (Nautilus Insurance Company) sold slave holder policies during the mid-1800s. Join the conversation!
Tiffany and Co. was originally financed with profits from a Connecticut cotton mill. The mill operated from cotton picked by slaves was originally financed with profits from a Connecticut cotton mill. Join the conversation!
Two institutions that became part of Wachovia (Georgia Railroad and Banking Company and the Bank of Charleston) owned or accepted slaves as collateral on mortgaged property or loans. Join the conversation!