I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
Justene Hill Edwards, SAVINGS AND TRUST: THE RISE AND BETRAYAL OF THE FREEDMAN'S BANK
Savings and Trust
Winner of the 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize<br />A <em>Publishers Weekly</em> Best Nonfiction Book of 2024<br /><br />A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Freedman&#...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Justene Hill Edwards, SAVINGS AND TRUST: THE RISE AND BETRAYAL OF THE FREEDMAN'S BANK
Hot off the press: @gauthamrao.bsky.social’s WHITE POWER: POLICING AMERICAN SLAVERY, a sweeping history for the present, is finally here!
May 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Hot off the press: @gauthamrao.bsky.social’s WHITE POWER: POLICING AMERICAN SLAVERY, a sweeping history for the present, is finally here!
Happy Constitution Day! 📜
In the third the #AHAPerspectives series on teaching the Constitution, Justene Hill Edwards writes about how she approaches the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. 🗃️
In the third the #AHAPerspectives series on teaching the Constitution, Justene Hill Edwards writes about how she approaches the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. 🗃️
Thenceforward and Forever Free – AHA
In her courses on 19th-century American slavery, Justene Hill Edwards’s students delve into the lasting impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
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September 18, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Happy Constitution Day! 📜
In the third the #AHAPerspectives series on teaching the Constitution, Justene Hill Edwards writes about how she approaches the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. 🗃️
In the third the #AHAPerspectives series on teaching the Constitution, Justene Hill Edwards writes about how she approaches the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. 🗃️
Reconstruction booklist for K-12 (as on image) & for adults incl. by WEB Du Bois, @kidadaewilliams.com, @hngreen.bsky.social, @katemasur.bsky.social, Justene Edwards, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social, Lerone Bennett, Eric Foner, S. Hahn, Jim Downs, & many more. www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/re...
June 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Reconstruction booklist for K-12 (as on image) & for adults incl. by WEB Du Bois, @kidadaewilliams.com, @hngreen.bsky.social, @katemasur.bsky.social, Justene Edwards, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social, Lerone Bennett, Eric Foner, S. Hahn, Jim Downs, & many more. www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/re...
The vivid work of Queensland College of Art and Design's Head of Sculpture, artist Justene Williams, will be on display at QAGOMA in a new survey exhibition opening 3 Oct 2026.
October 2, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The vivid work of Queensland College of Art and Design's Head of Sculpture, artist Justene Williams, will be on display at QAGOMA in a new survey exhibition opening 3 Oct 2026.
I learned so much talking to @amrevmuseum.bsky.social and Justene Hill Edwards for this story. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Remembering the economic reasons behind the American Revolution, 250 years later
The American colonists had a list of economic grievances, but only one of them involved tea.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I learned so much talking to @amrevmuseum.bsky.social and Justene Hill Edwards for this story. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
I recommend Savings and Trust: The rise and betrayal of the Freedman's Bank est. 1865 by Justene Hill Edwards #book #bookreview #booksky 💙📚
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Savings and Trust, Justene Hill Edwards
Savings and Trust: The rise and betrayal of the Freedman's bank est. 1865 by Justene Hill Edwards Started: January 7, 2026 Completed: Ja...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I recommend Savings and Trust: The rise and betrayal of the Freedman's Bank est. 1865 by Justene Hill Edwards #book #bookreview #booksky 💙📚
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In the early days of the Gilded Age’s rush for profit, freed people’s savings were siphoned off by politically connected financiers.
Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers how finance cloaked dispossession in the language of uplift.
Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers how finance cloaked dispossession in the language of uplift.
How the First Black Bank Was Looted
In the early days of the Gilded Age’s rush for profit, freed people’s savings were siphoned off by politically connected financiers. Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers how finance cloak...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In the early days of the Gilded Age’s rush for profit, freed people’s savings were siphoned off by politically connected financiers.
Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers how finance cloaked dispossession in the language of uplift.
Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers how finance cloaked dispossession in the language of uplift.
putting in miles this morning
for historians and economists: why isn’t the collapse of the freedman’s bank used more in understanding economic crashes?
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for historians and economists: why isn’t the collapse of the freedman’s bank used more in understanding economic crashes?
@machete.gay
September 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
putting in miles this morning
for historians and economists: why isn’t the collapse of the freedman’s bank used more in understanding economic crashes?
@machete.gay
for historians and economists: why isn’t the collapse of the freedman’s bank used more in understanding economic crashes?
@machete.gay
I'm looking forward to talking with Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, author of Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank, this Saturday at the Main Branch of the DPL. If you’re in the D, come through.
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Author Talk: Dr. Justene Hill Edwards With Dr. Kidada Williams
The historians discuss Dr. Hill Edwards' new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I'm looking forward to talking with Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, author of Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank, this Saturday at the Main Branch of the DPL. If you’re in the D, come through.
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You can’t learn about slavery in the 19th-century United States without wrestling with the Constitution. Justene Hill Edwards shares in #AHAPerspectives how she addresses the Reconstruction Amendments. 🗃️
Thenceforward and Forever Free – AHA
In her courses on 19th-century American slavery, Justene Hill Edwards’s students delve into the lasting impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
www.historians.org
September 17, 2024 at 5:51 PM
You can’t learn about slavery in the 19th-century United States without wrestling with the Constitution. Justene Hill Edwards shares in #AHAPerspectives how she addresses the Reconstruction Amendments. 🗃️
📢 Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer.
Justene grew up in a wreckers’ yard. Now her chaotic creations crowd the Queensland Art Gallery
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October 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
📢 Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer.
In today’s Muster, Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses her new book Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with the JCWE’s digital editor Robert Bland www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX1x...
Conversation with Justene Hill Edwards, November 11, 2024
YouTube video by Journal of the Civil War Era
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November 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM
In today’s Muster, Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses her new book Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with the JCWE’s digital editor Robert Bland www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX1x...
Out in Feb! @calscherm.bsky.social's The Plunder of Black America, the history of the racial wealth gap told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build generational wealth. 🗃️
“A triumph and a startling revelation.”—Justene Hill Edwards
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“A triumph and a startling revelation.”—Justene Hill Edwards
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November 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Out in Feb! @calscherm.bsky.social's The Plunder of Black America, the history of the racial wealth gap told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build generational wealth. 🗃️
“A triumph and a startling revelation.”—Justene Hill Edwards
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“A triumph and a startling revelation.”—Justene Hill Edwards
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Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer. #national #queensland
Justene grew up in a wreckers’ yard. Now her chaotic creations crowd the Queensland Art Gallery
Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer. #national #queensland
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October 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer. #national #queensland
📢 Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer.
Justene grew up in a wreckers’ yard. Now her chaotic creations crowd the Queensland Art Gallery
www.theage.com.au
October 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
📢 Unicorns, jellyfish women, walking boats: Too much is not enough in the squishy, joyful world of Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams, who is taking over the QAG this summer.
Archibald prize 2025: Julie Fragar wins for portrait of artist Justene Williams | Archibald prize 2025 | The Guardian
Archibald prize 2025: Julie Fragar wins for portrait of artist Justene Williams
Decision announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where all finalists will be exhibited to the public from Saturday
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May 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Archibald prize 2025: Julie Fragar wins for portrait of artist Justene Williams | Archibald prize 2025 | The Guardian
Tonight -- a conversation between me and Justene Hill Edwards about my book, THE DRIVER'S STORY, hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Online event hosted by the Lib. Co. of Philadelphia next Thursday (12/19)--I'll be discussing my book, THE DRIVER'S STORY @pennpress.bsky.social), with Justene Hill Edwards. Register here:
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Fireside Chat: The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
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December 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Tonight -- a conversation between me and Justene Hill Edwards about my book, THE DRIVER'S STORY, hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia.
next audio book is the impeachers about andrew johnson’s impeachment
next physical read is justene hill edward’s “unfree markets: the slave’s economy and the rise of capitalism in south carolina”
send me reading suggestions please #historysky
@jamellebouie.net @machete.gay @jmberger.com
next physical read is justene hill edward’s “unfree markets: the slave’s economy and the rise of capitalism in south carolina”
send me reading suggestions please #historysky
@jamellebouie.net @machete.gay @jmberger.com
finished savings and trust: the rise and betrayal of the freedman’s bank
excellent book and highly recommend to the economic historians and the extremism historians
the idea of economic violence as a parallel and threaded element to political violence is interesting
excellent book and highly recommend to the economic historians and the extremism historians
the idea of economic violence as a parallel and threaded element to political violence is interesting
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
next audio book is the impeachers about andrew johnson’s impeachment
next physical read is justene hill edward’s “unfree markets: the slave’s economy and the rise of capitalism in south carolina”
send me reading suggestions please #historysky
@jamellebouie.net @machete.gay @jmberger.com
next physical read is justene hill edward’s “unfree markets: the slave’s economy and the rise of capitalism in south carolina”
send me reading suggestions please #historysky
@jamellebouie.net @machete.gay @jmberger.com
