RT @oh_HOLMES: Brooks Brothers is another company with deep connections to slavery. During slavery, they produced "plantation clothing" for slave owners+slave traders who were preparing to sell slaves at auction. They even produced coarse calico clothing for slaves themselves.

Brooks Brothers is another company with deep connections to slavery. During slavery, they produced "plantation clothing" for slave owners+slave traders who were preparing to sell slaves at auction. They even produced coarse calico clothing for slaves themselves.

— Alan Holmes (@oh_HOLMES) May 27, 2020

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