PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1307 followers · 12564 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgSeveral Canadian #banks — #ImperialBankOfCommerce & #BankOfNovaScotia (#Scotiabank ) — have #origins in the #WestIndies , where their forerunners established themselves early in the 19th century. According to Cooper, the Bank of Nova Scotia exists “in the shadow of West Indian #slavery .”
#Canadian sugar was built upon #violence , including upon #enslaved & #indentured #labour .
https://theconversation.com/amp/uncovering-the-violent-history-of-the-canadian-sugar-industry-200054
#exploitation #KKKanada #POC #BIPOC #Canada #colonialism #capitalism #history #UglyTruths
#banks #imperialbankofcommerce #bankofnovascotia #scotiabank #origins #westindies #slavery #canadian #violence #enslaved #indentured #labour #exploitation #KKKanada #poc #bipoc #canada #colonialism #capitalism #history #uglytruths