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Mary Ellen Pleasant Quotes

1810–1904

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.

Random Mary Ellen Pleasant quote

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"Some say that words are made to reveal feelings; I say that words are made to conceal them.”

"I am a whole theatre in myself." I cant like my the right

“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."

“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."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mary Ellen Pleasant (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.