Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-354) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prince of darkness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

913712160

Responsibility statement

Shane White

Sub title

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

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

Table Of 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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