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Hannah Elias Quotes

b. 1865

Hannah Elias (born c. 1865) was an American sex worker and landlord who became one of the richest Black women in the world during her lifetime.

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3 quotes

“I have all my life made white people my friends and never had much to do with my own race.”

“I have no fear. I have done no wrong, and every one of the poor people I have helped is praying for me in the time of my affliction.”

“I have read in the newspapers that I have been [blackmailed], and I am frank to say that there must be some truth in a story which is given so much in detail.”

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hannah Elias (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.