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Introduction : banking in the nation's largest slave market
Part I. Financing southwestern expansion through the 1810s. The limits of early bank financing of slavery
Adapting slave financing to the needs of the frontier South during the nation's first boom and bust
Part II. Financing an empire of slavery in the 1820s and 1830s. Old South banks and frontier finance
Pushing financial boundaries with traditional banks
Reimagining banking for a slave economy
Part III. The collateral damage of the Panics of 1837 and 1839. Foreclosing (or not) on delinquent slaveholders
Escaping debt : bankruptcy, fraud, and going to Texas
When banks fail
From commercial banking to private finance
Epilogue : banks, debt, emancipation, reparations, and memory.
Part I. Financing southwestern expansion through the 1810s. The limits of early bank financing of slavery
Adapting slave financing to the needs of the frontier South during the nation's first boom and bust
Part II. Financing an empire of slavery in the 1820s and 1830s. Old South banks and frontier finance
Pushing financial boundaries with traditional banks
Reimagining banking for a slave economy
Part III. The collateral damage of the Panics of 1837 and 1839. Foreclosing (or not) on delinquent slaveholders
Escaping debt : bankruptcy, fraud, and going to Texas
When banks fail
From commercial banking to private finance
Epilogue : banks, debt, emancipation, reparations, and memory.