Freedman's Bank

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf bank
gptkbp:associated_with Reconstruction Era
gptkbp:built 1874
gptkbp:capital $1 million
gptkbp:certifications gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:community_impact promoted economic independence
gptkbp:dissolved 1874
gptkbp:enrollment African_American_community
gptkbp:federation granted_by_U.S._government
gptkbp:financials investment opportunities
loans
checking accounts
savings accounts
offered to depositors
gptkbp:founded 1865
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkbp:hasConflictWith mismanagement
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:George_Washington_Carver
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:William_H._Seward
gptkb:Shirley_Chisholm
gptkb:John_A._J._Creswell
gptkb:Robert_Smalls
Booker T. Washington
Thaddeus Stevens
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_African_American_progress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedman's Bank
gptkbp:legacy influenced_future_African_American_banking_institutions
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:most_titles $57 million
gptkbp:notable_event opened branches in several states
gptkbp:numberOfClaims over 70,000
gptkbp:openedIn financial instability
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:National_Bank_Act
1874
gptkbp:provides_access_to built_among_African_Americans
gptkbp:purpose provide financial services to freed slaves
gptkbp:significance first bank for African Americans in the U.S.
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Freedman's_Savings_and_Trust_Company
gptkbp:type national_bank