Black Fortunes tells the remarkable stories of the United States’ first cohort of black millionaires and their journey to liberty and wealth as well as their contribution to ending slavery.
BLACK FORTUNES: THE STORY OF THE FIRST SIX AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO ESCAPED SLAVERY AND BECAME MILLIONAIRES“We’ve got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.” — Jack Johnsontells the remarkable stories of Mary Ellen Pleasant, Robert Reed Church, OW Gurley, Hannah Elias, Annie Turbo Malone and Madam CJ Walker, the United States’ first cohort of black millionaires and their journey to liberty and wealth as well as their contribution to ending slavery.
They remind us that African-Americans do not lack the desire or ability to work or to build businesses and wealth, but that instead they have often had to overcome great obstacles to achieve economic stability, let alone independence and power. Wills also grew up hearing stories about his great-great-uncle, John Mott Drew, “The Millionaire” — and I guess that’s how the idea of this book came about.
In 1901, Simon Drew, his oldest son, opened an “ice house” in Darby where he sold oysters, beer and ice cream. He later opened a restaurant, bought four apartments and became the landlord.
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