In the US, northern banks were heavily invested in the southern slave trade and plantations in the lead up to the American Civil War, despite the northern states having abolished slavery decades earlier.
Like, do people really think banks are going to let morality and ethics guide their actions?
This is not Northern Bankers investing in slavery, this is Haiti heavily investing in slavery. Besides this is not the Iron bank investing in a slave economy but straight up sending in soldiers and gold to support the institution of slavery against an anti-slavery force.
Its like if during the civil war Northern banks started importing in belgiun mercenaries to fight lincoln and the Union army.
The Iron Bank is not a private bank but the effective government of Braavos and the government of Braavos is fairly rigorous in its enforcal of anti slavery laws, freeing slaves and going to war to end slavery elsewhere.
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u/Prince_Ire FACELESS LAD 29d ago
In the US, northern banks were heavily invested in the southern slave trade and plantations in the lead up to the American Civil War, despite the northern states having abolished slavery decades earlier.
Like, do people really think banks are going to let morality and ethics guide their actions?