National Black Home Educators - “Mary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first African-American self-made millionaire. Her aim was to earn as
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Maenads of May: Mary Ellen Pleasant. First Black Self Made Millionaire, sent her money to fund John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. In addition to being the primary backer of his attempted
![Southern Folk Artist & Antiques Dealer/Collector: "Mary Ellen Pleasant visits Creole New Orleans" by Creole Folk Artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins Southern Folk Artist & Antiques Dealer/Collector: "Mary Ellen Pleasant visits Creole New Orleans" by Creole Folk Artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OmrPrI1aS1E/WnPkSRngh9I/AAAAAAAAg-g/s1r5PXQexQARdmbVxwwQK-pFs91xg_9_ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_9102.jpg)
Southern Folk Artist & Antiques Dealer/Collector: "Mary Ellen Pleasant visits Creole New Orleans" by Creole Folk Artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins
![Mary Ellen Pleasant, California's Mother of Civil Rights, and her partner meet again on the corner of Bush and Octavia, where it all began Mary Ellen Pleasant, California's Mother of Civil Rights, and her partner meet again on the corner of Bush and Octavia, where it all began](https://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/House-on-the-Hill-Mary-Ellen-Pleasant-Story-poster.gif)
Mary Ellen Pleasant, California's Mother of Civil Rights, and her partner meet again on the corner of Bush and Octavia, where it all began
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