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Prince of darkness : the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire /

"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries"...

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Main Author: White, Shane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hamilton, Jeremiah G., > -1875.
African American capitalists and financiers > Biography.
Millionaires > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
Finance > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
1800-1899
Millionaires.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans.
Finance.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
African American capitalists and financiers.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Summary:"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries"--NoveList.
Physical Description:360 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781250070562
1250070562

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