JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase reported that between 1831 and 1865, two of its predecessor banks (Citizens Bank and Canal Bank) accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as loan collateral. Join the conversation!
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HUDSON BAY
The Hudson Bay Company amassed considerable wealth through slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Join the conversation!
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McGill University
James McGill (founder of McGill University) amassed considerable wealth through slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Join the conversation!
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sir john a macdonald
Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, was a beneficiary of the spoils of this intolerable trade in African adults and children. Join the conversation!
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ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE
Royal & Sun Alliance submitted excerpts which described the insurance of a number of slaves. Join the conversation!
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BARCLAYS
Barclays, the British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom has now conceded that companies it bought over the years may have been involved in the slave trade. Join the conversation!
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Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman currently known as Brown Bros. Harriman owned hundreds of enslaved Africans and financed the cotton economy by lending millions to southern planters, merchants and cotton brokers. Join the conversation!
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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the midwestern and southern United States. The company also has a history in which it benefited from slavery. Join the conversation!
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CSX
CSX used slave labor to construct portions of some U.S. rail lines under the political and legal system that was in place more than a century ago. Two enslaved Africans who the company rented were identified as John Henry and Reuben. Join the conversation!
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FLEET BOSTON
There is evidence that FleetBoston evolved from an earlier financial institution, Providence Bank, founded by John Brown who was a slave trader and owned ships used to transport enslaved Africans. Join the conversation!