Corporation · est. 1818

Brooks Brothers

The clothier profited by supplying cheap "plantation clothing" and livery for the enslaved.

Before the Civil War, Brooks Brothers manufactured inexpensive garments for enslaved workers and fine livery for enslaved house servants and coachmen — surviving examples are held by the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Documentation

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An enslaved servant's Brooks Brothers coat

Historic New Orleans Collection

Brooks Brothers' livery for the enslaved.

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Chattel Slavery
Brooks Brothers clothed the enslaved for profit.