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How Banking Offered African Americans a Path to Freedom and Citizenship After Enslavement
January 21, 2026
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Jan. 21 -- The University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy issued the following Q&A on Jan. 20, 2026, by Natalie Ermann Russell with historian Justene Hill Edwards:

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How Banking Offered African Americans a Path to Freedom and Citizenship After Enslavement

An award-winning book by UVA historian Justene Hill Edwards, with support from UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy, chronicles African Americans' econom . . .

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