HIDDEN BLACK HISTORY

The Other Hamilton: Counterfeit Cash, Insurance Scams and America’s First Black Millionaire

Wall Street broker Jeremiah G. Hamilton was ultra-rich in mid-1800s New York City. Here is his story.

Marlon Weems
Momentum
Published in
6 min readMay 17, 2021

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In 1983, there were only three Black financial services professionals in the…

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