JPMorgan Apologizes for Links to Slavery

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Published January 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

JPMorgan Chase & Co. acknowledges that two of its predecessor banks received thousands of slaves as collateral prior to the Civil War. The bank apologized for contributing to "a brutal and unjust institution."

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