Mary Ellen Pleasant
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Mary Ellen Pleasant was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J.
Mary Ellen Pleasant, 1901
Battleground of the Harper's Ferry insurrection, with Captain E. G. Alburtis' party attacking the insurgents, wood engraving, November 5, 1859, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Sarah Althea Hill
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Sarah Althea Hill was a California socialite who became a national celebrity when she sued millionaire Senator William Sharon for divorce, citing adultery, in 1883. She claimed he had secretly married
Mary Ellen Pleasant
…Mammy Pleasant. I wrote back to him on his own paper that my name was Mrs. Mary E. Pleasant. I wouldn't waste any of my paper on him." A lawsuit between Sarah Althea Hill and Senator William Sharon involved the breakup of their arrangement and whether there were damages. They had a contractual relationship in which Sharon…
Sarah Althea Hill
Attorney and former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court David S. Terry.