Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires Book cover type:Paperback what happened in the story

what happened in the story

progress is always possible

with lots of humor and heart

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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires Book cover type:Paperback what happened in the storyBy telling the little known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden Figures Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new