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Negroes, economic weakness, 2; Richards, Zalmon B., trustee, 68;
gradual emancipation, 3; sol- endorses borrowers’ notes, 75,
diers, 4; work ander Yoder 110. CY
supervision, 5; condition atclose Richmond, Virgini
of vi War, 9; Black Codes, 13; advisory Virdee bares
Freedmen’s Bureau, 13; prop- ness men, 43.
erty owners, 15; want offices in Riddle, of Tennessee, member of
the bank, 56. Douglas Committee 108.
Nelson, cashier at New Bern, Rost Home Colony fund, 20, 34
short in accounts, 66. 97. a
Now Tord Nosh Carolina, branch Saxons Gen. Rufus, establishes
ank, 50, 66. ili i -
hoa Gea Fre Labor Bank, My Savings Bank at Beau
established, ; absorbed b Sava i
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 34, oh Srna
New York City, headquarters of Scovel, cashier at Beaufort, short
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 31, in accounts, 63, 66. :
33; branch bank, 50; deposits, Sea Islands, free labor experiment
49; white depositors, 43. 6; assigned to negroes by Gen.
Norfolk, Virginia, Military Sav- W. T. Sherman, 12. ’
ings Bank, established, 21; ab- Seneca Sandstone Compan rela~
sorbed by Freedmen’s Savings tions with Freedmen’s Hn S
Bank, 33; local board of Negro Bank, 40, 68, 77, 78-81 5
business men, 43; does regular Seneca loan causes resignation of
banking business, 43. Ketchum, 67.
North Carolina elections, influ- Shepherd, Alexander R., influence
enced by Freedmen’s Savings in Freedmen’s Savings Bank
Bank funds, 56. 73, 110. :
Northern planters in the South Sherman, John, and R. H. T.
fail, 12. Leipold, 101; introduces bill in
Pass book of Freedmen’s Savings Senate to abolish board of
Bank, 43, 45, 144. commissioners, 107; on causes
People’s Bank, established by of failure, 114, :
" Sodan 9 iE eS Sherman, Gen. W. T., settles
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Powell, Senator, on the Freedmen’s Small,” of South Carolina, con-
Savings Bank bill, 25. demns policy of ean
Public Documents a Joe 117 Poicy: of CORMitHonaTs
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 162. >
Purvis, Charles B., trustee, 61, 83, Bonen Be bers Shalemeny about
101, 106; on dishonest cashiers, : % x , 48; calls attention to
61; explains why Douglass was S ack of safeguards, 55.
made president; 5. outh Carolina, Port Royal free
Purvis, Robert, appointed com- labor experiment, 6.
rissioner, 101. Southern legislatures enact Black
Rainey, Negro member of Con- Codes, 13.
gress, complains of loan policy Sperry, A. M., plans savings bank
of bank, 96; defends Purvis and for negroes, 22; joins forces with
Creswell, 107; member of Doug- Alvord, 32; secures deposits from
las Committee, 108. negro soldiers, 34; becomes in-
