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Prince of darknessPrince of darkness

Prince of darkness

Shane White

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"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.

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OL Work ID
OL20010257W

Subjects

Race relationsFinanceMillionairesAfrican American capitalists and financiersSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansBiographyHistoryCapitalists and financiersMillionaires, biographyAfrican americans, social conditionsFinance, united statesUnited states, social conditionsUnited states, race relations

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