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White, Shane, author.
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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.
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Prince of darkness :...
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Prince of darkness : the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire / Shane White.
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White, Shane, author.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
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.
ISBN:
9781250070562 (hbk.)
1250070562 (hbk.)
Description:
360 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Edition.
Contents:
Introduction: Invisible man -- Haiti, 1828 -- Moving to New York -- The great fire, 1835 -- Business -- Jim Crow New York -- Real estate -- Bankruptcy -- Starting over -- The trial -- Wall Street -- Living with Jim Crow -- Making money -- To the draft riots -- Epilogue: A lion in winter.
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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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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
332.6092 Hamilton Wh
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Hilo Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
332.6092 Hamilton Wh
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Mililani Public Library
Adult Biography
B Hamilton Wh
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