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Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. Bank Book

Cover of a bank book from the Washington Branch of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Co.
Credit: National Archives, Washington, DC

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Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.	$3 Million vanish without a trace...
"Monument of a Crime - Department of Justice Deserts a Fateful Building"	Transcription of an 1899 newspaper article about the failure of the Freedman's Bank of the demolition of the building.
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"Dividends for Freedmen"	Transcription of an 1881 newspaper article detailing settlements to be paid to claimants after the Freedman's Bank failure.

Title	Description
Freedman's Bank
Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.	$3 Million vanish without a trace...
Frederick Douglass	Revered African American leader.
"Dividends for Freedmen"	Transcription of an 1881 newspaper article detailing settlements to be paid to claimants after the Freedman's Bank failure.
"Monument of a Crime - Department of Justice Deserts a Fateful Building"	Transcription of an 1899 newspaper article about the failure of the Freedman's Bank of the demolition of the building.
"To the Depositors of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Co."	Notice published in the New National Era from Frederick Douglass to depositors of the Freedman's Savings Bank upon the bank's failure.
Cane given to Frederick Douglass, c. 1885	Hand-carved cane with illustrations copied from Douglass’ third autobiography, "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass."