Mary Ellen Pleasant

thumb|Mary Ellen Pleasant Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814[a] – January 11, 1904[b]) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage. Quotes "I am a whole theatre in myself." I cant like my the right A Historical Detective Story: Part II Mystery of Mary Ellen Pleasant. April 7, 2021 “You know my cause well. My cause was the cause of freedom and equality for myself and for my people and I’d rather be a corpse than a coward." “I was a girl full of smartness who let books alone and studied men and women a good deal … I have always noticed that when I have something to say, people listen. They never go to sleep on me." The Triumph and Travails of Mary Ellen Pleasant April 1, 2021 “They paid the newspapers to malign and to vilify me and to blacken my character, but I did not reply to their assaults because I had staunch supports in the City and, so long as they supported me, I did not care one snap of one little finger for public opinion.” "Some say that words are made to reveal feelings; I say that words are made to conceal them.” EP 206 MW Mary Ellen Pleasant: I’d Rather Be a Corpse Than a Coward October 9, 2023 External links Category:1810s births Category:1904 deaths Category:African-American abolitionists Category:African-American women Entrepreneurs