Mary Ellen Pleasant (Q491304)
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Entrepreneur
Frontiersman / Pioneer
Civil Rights Activist
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Enslaved . Free before 13th Amendment. Started a boardinghouse in California. Supposedly gave John Brown $30,000. Possibly because of her social status, she was rumored to be involved in voodoo and murder.