Companies and Organizations Directly or Indirectly Benefited From Slavery

U.S. Government - used slaves to build White House, Federal buildings other buildings, canal
improvements, Extension Construction, and inaugural activities. in Washington, DC Need references
U.S. Military - used slaves. More information and source verification needed
Faith Based Organizations
Catholic Church – Jesuit Plantation in Maryland and Georgetown University (1)

Businesses Associated in some way with Slavery
Railroads
CSX Corp (2,4)
Norfolk Southern – the Mobile & Girard, now part of Norfolk Southern, used slaves
Central of Georgia, at that time now part of Norfolk Southern, owned slaves (4)
Union Pacific (5)
Canadian National (5)

Newspapers
Knight Ridder, (5)
Tribune, (5)
Media General, (5)
Advance Publications, (5)
E.W. Scripps and Gannett, parent and publisher of USA TODAY.(5)
USA Today –Gannett, its parent company, had links to slavery. (4)

Consumer Goods
Brooks Brothers – made clothes for slaves (4)
Tiffany’s – founded with cotton mill profits from slaves working with cotton (4) .
WestPoint Stevens. Textiles Need verification (5)

Banks and Financial Institutions
Brown Brothers Harriman Brown Lehman Bros owned slaves (4, 5)
J.P. Morgan - accepted slaves as collateral and owned slaves(2,4)
Chase Manhattan Bank (2)
Riggs Bank - Needs verification. Purchased by PNC Bank (3)
Bank of America – accepted slaves as collateral (4)
Wells Fargo company - purchased by them owned or accepted slaves as collateral (4)
FleetBoston Financial Corp. (2,4)
Aetna based in Hartford, CT - insured slaves. has helped African Americans (2)
New York Life, insured slaves (2,4)
AIG - bought American General Financial which owns US Life Insurance Company. US Life used to insure the lives of slaves. (2,4)

Educational Institutions
Harvard Law School – endowed with money from slave owner from Isaac Royall, an Antiguan. (4)
Harvard University, recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Yale University - recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Penn - recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Columbia University- recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Rutgers - recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Brown -recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Dartmouth - recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
University of Delaware -recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
Princeton University -recruited and raised money from slave owning families (4)
University of Virginia (5)

Sources
1 "A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown”

2. .htm Html “Lawsuit Chases Companies Tied to Slavery

3. “Riggs Family Papers/ book site at Library of Congress.

4. The Incomplete List of US Companies & Universities That Benefited From Black Slavery | Abagond

5 “Corporations challenged by reparations activists”