Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires

The Resource Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires

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Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires

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the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires

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Shomari Wills

Language

eng

Summary

"The astonishing untold history of America's first black millionaires--former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties--self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success."--Amazon.com

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

973/.0496073

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illustrations
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Index

index present

LC call number

HC102.5.A2

LC item number

W55 2018

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography

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