The Joy Trip Project - * Mary Ellen Pleasant (1804-1914) was a free Black entrepreneur and abolitionist at the height of the California gold rush. Originally from Philadelphia, she was educated in
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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
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California Natural Resources Agency on X: "We celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by remembering The “Mother of Human Rights in California”, Mary Ellen Pleasant, an entrepreneur & abolitionist who worked to end slavery in the
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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
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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