Prince of Darkness
The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire

Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a beast! They didn't like him because he came from out of nowhere and beat them at their own game! I have so much respect for Shane White for basically making something out of nothing. He searched through newspaper articles and was able to give us a picture of this forgotten......more

good book. Like a 3.7 rounded up to a 4. (thanks, St. Martin's Press!!) It's very interesting that Shane White would choose Jeremiah Hamilton as the subject of his study, since there is very little information on this man to be had. Even though he was "Wall Street's First Black Millionaire," "sui gene......more

There are several possible reasons that no American historian has written about Jeremiah Hamilton, the first black American millionaire. There isn't much information about him -- he didn't leave diaries or letters and didn't write any memoirs. His history is scattered among intermittent court docume......more

Jeremiah G. Hamilton was man of mystery. No one is sure where he was born – was it Virginia or Haiti – even he himself changed the story as it suited. His questionable start in business – passing counterfeit money in Haiti put a price on his head on that island. Defrauding insurance companies over b......more