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020			_a9780062437594
082			_a973.049WIL
100			_aWills, Shomari.
245		0	_aBlack fortunes _bthe story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires
260			_aNew York _bHarperCollins Publishers _c2018
300			_axv, 300p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., portraits ; 22 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aProvides a 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 men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.
650			_aAfrican American businesspeople--Biography.
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