Corporations linked to the present day had a lot to do with these slave sales:
----Wall Street: Banks made loans to slave owners, processed transactions through the New York Cotton Exchange, and held slave auctions outside their doors. JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wachovia (Wells Fargo) admitted the roles of their predecessor banks. ----Manufacturing: The textile industry was so vital to northeastern states that the mayor of New York City turned against the Union, encouraging citizens to support "our aggrieved brethren of the Slave States." ----Insurance: Companies like Aetna and New York Life issued policies protecting slaves as property. ----Railroad: Predecessors of the Norfolk Southern leased slaves for year-long terms of hard labor. full: http://www.alternet.org/4-ways-american-corporations-supported-slavery-and-horrific-racial-oppression _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
