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

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

Wills, Shomari

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 ... Read more
Contents
The first black millionaire -- Abolitionism and capitalism -- King Cotton's bastard -- Funding the insurrection -- Robert Reed Church and the Civil War -- The near lynching of a millionaire -- Forty acres deferred -- Bob Church vs Jim Crow -- Moth... Read more
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Description
xv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 920 WIL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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