"Unearthing a Dark Legacy: Banking on Slavery"

Join GW Business for a seminar given by Professor of History and Department Chair at Providence College Sharon Ann Murphy on her book, "Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States" (University of Chicago Press, 2023). It examines the relationship between commercial banks and the development of the southern frontier during the first half of the 19th century.

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Sharon Ann Murphy

Professor of History and Department Chair at Providence College

President, The Business History Conference

Specializes in the financial history of the United States, with a particular interest in the complex interactions between financial institutions and their clientele