Mary Ellen Pleasant, one of the first black self-made millionaires, used an ingenious trick to build her fortune. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Pleasant also met a bank clerk named Thomas Bell who helped her pursue some of her investments as part of what would be a years-long business partnership forged in order to make both parties extremely wealthy.
Before landing in San Francisco, Pleasant was married to a wealthy mixed-race merchant and abolitionist, Once in San Francisco, Pleasant continued to offer financial assistance to former slaves using the money her husband had left her as well as her own growing fortune. Pleasant often found jobs and housing for African-Americans who had escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad.
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