How A Bank Robbed Former Slaves - And Got Away With It
Over 150 years ago, the U.S. government set up a bank for formerly enslaved people to deposit the money they were now allowed to earn. The Freedman’s Bank was supposed to help Black Americans save their money and build wealth. Instead, it led to one of the biggest bank robberies in American history. Thousands of people who had only recently been freed from slavery lost what little they had. And the government, which had promised to help, let the robbers get away with it. This is the story of how that promise was broken, and how it still impacts U.S. society today. Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Follow us on Instagram: / ajplus Like us on Facebook: / ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: / ajplus
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