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

"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 busines...

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