What role did the financial industry play in US slavery? Were southern plantations buying slaves with bank loans? Were the slaves insured by insurance companies? Were these financial firms primarily northern? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

What role did the financial industry play in US slavery? Were southern plantations buying slaves with bank loans? Were the slaves insured by insurance companies? Were these financial firms primarily northern?

by RusticBohemian

Georgy_K_Zhukov

As regards insurance, I touch on that some in this answer here, and in several of the follow-up responses, so it might be of itnerest.