Bank of America Admits Ties to Slavery
Bank of America has revealed its connection to slavery, making it the fourth bank in Chicago to do so. One of the transactions included former U.S. Secretary of State John Forsyth.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank disclosed in a study published on Wednesday that two trades tied to slavery were identified using banks that existed before the current one. Neither of the institutions engaged in the act of enslaving anyone and the bank stated that it was unable to...