![]() The macaroni and cheese was saltier and oily, but decent in taste (not like the St. Needless to say, they scraped the bottom of the pan for a serving. ![]() Description Food & Rating: 3 out of 5 *Black-eyed peas seasoned well *Meatloaf (small portion but very tasty) *Fried catfish (seasoned and crispy with balance) *3 pieces fried chicken (crispy and overseasoned) *Mash potatoes and gravy very good *Macaroni & Cheese (it was 12:30 PM and they ran out of mac and cheese and did not make another batch (really). ![]() In addition, there were flies swarming all around (ENot to mention, the food "quality" did not match the high food prices. The staff was nice (unlike the staff in St. I say all of that, to say this, fast forward Houston location, Sweetie Pies/Sweet Times was deja vu all over again! Customer Service Rating: 2 2- Decent-(somewhat attentive) Restaurant Ambience & Description: The restaurant was cold in parts and hot in other parts of the restaurant with ceiling fans on high speed. Yet, the rest of the food (collard greens, chicken, black-eyed peas, candied (sugar yams) was nothing to brag about. very-taste-bud-broken when I discovered the food was more hype than quality! Now, I must admit out of visiting the restaurants the macaroni & cheese was the best I have ever tasted. Louis for a week to check out the food at all of the locations of Sweetie Pies. Wachovia found the Bank of Charleston and Georgia Railroad and Banking Company both owned slaves.Several years ago, I flew to St. The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank Wachovia, which failed in the 2008 financial crisis and was subsequently bought by Wells Fargo, also admitted in 2005 that it had roots back to slavery. In JPMorgan’s case, two banks in Louisiana received thousands of slaves that were used as collateral. In consideration of the license fee set out at clause 3. In 2005, JPMorgan Chase acknowledged that two of its predecessor banks had specific links to the slave trade. Citi purchased parts of Lehman in the late 1990s.Ĭiti is not the first bank to admit it had connections to the institution of slavery. The bank also had found other directors or founders likely owned slaves through Lehman Brothers, which was founded in Alabama. “Given that a significant portion of Taylor’s businesses was connected to the trade of sugar and its derivatives from Cuban plantations that used slave labor, City Bank of New York likely profited indirectly from enslaved labor in Cuba by engaging in transactions with Taylor and his businesses," wrote Edward Skyler, Citi's head of public affairs, in a blog post Thursday. One of Citi’s most prominent presidents in the 19th Century was Moses Taylor, who did business in Cuba that used slave labor to farm sugar. Citi traces its founding back to 1812 when the City Bank of New York was created. ![]() Many of the nation’s biggest banks including Citi are conglomerations of financial institutions that have merged or bought each other over many years. But the research did find that some of predecessor entities “likely indirectly profited from the institution of slavery through financial transactions and relationships with individuals and entities located or operating in the United States before 1866.” In research conducted last year, Citi found that none of its predecessor companies directly purchased, sold, or held slaves. NEW YORK - Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800's, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. ![]()
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