When that bubble burst in the Panic of 1893, a third of railroads went bust, more than 500 banks failed, and the economy plunged into a four-year depression.
—
Ming Lu,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2026
Blacks in the South were routinely imprisoned on petty or trumped-up charges, then leased out to landowners, mining companies, railroads and factories as unpaid labor.
—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2026
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