Still Standing: These Are The Oldest Black-Owned Businesses In The U.S.
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E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co.
Grove City, OH
Founded in 1881
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E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co. was founded by an Underground Railroad Conductor named John T. Ward who would transport enslaved people to safe houses with just two horses and one wagon. Eventually, Ward and his sons founded a moving company that has since become a nationally-recognized business. They survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and two world wars and are still going strong. E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co. has always been committed to diversity and inclusion and received the Torch Award for Ethics twice and the Corporate Caring Human Services Award.
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