Natasha

Freedman's Bank

Honoring and Maintaining the Legacy: U.S. Treasury Department Celebrating the Freedman’s Bank

Natasha

January 7, 2016

Almost thirty years ago I first learned about the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings Bank (officially known as the Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company). While in college I was able to do further research on the legacy of freed Black slaves in America, and the one thing that stood in the way of their…

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