For the second time in a month, Bank One has
filed an amended slavery disclosure affidavit with City Hall (Chicago) -- this
time revealing fresh new details of its search for skeletons in the
closets of its Louisiana predecessors.Determined
to avoid a repeat of the slave disclosure controversy that has
embroiled its merger partner, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank One states in the
new affidavit that Citizens Bank, formed in 1833, and Canal and Banking
Co., formed in 1831, "did business in Louisiana during this era and
probably did business with persons or entities that employed slaves."
The affidavit also names a series of Louisiana banks that Bank One
believes may have been its predecessors. [more]
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