01899cam a2200337 i 4500 338116208 TxGeo 20180119120000.0 180118s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062437594 hbk. 0062437593 hbk. (OCoLC)986977379 TxGeo rda Wills, Shomari. Black fortunes : the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires / Shomari Wills. First edition. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] xv, 300 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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. 20180202. African American businesspeople Biography. Success in business United States Case studies. African Americans Biography. Millionaires United States Biography. African American capitalists and financiers Biography. QS5