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Author examines the rise and fall of bank for freed slaves

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Professor Justine Hill Edwards

Professor Justine Hill Edwards highlights her new book “Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank."

It's a fascinating story of the bank created just after the Civil War where thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars before its collapse just nine years after it opened.

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