Savings and Trust by Justene Hill Edwards

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/28056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Savings and Trust Author: Justene Hill Edwards Narrator: Diana Blue Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins Release date: 10-22-24 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad for economic growth and self-determination. But only nine years after it opened, their trust was betrayed and the Freedman's Bank collapsed. Fully informed by new archival findings, historian Justene Hill Edwards unearths a major turning point in American history in this comprehensive account of the Freedman's Bank and its depositors