This is an extensive list with only a few “notable” folks on it from the history books (at least those back in my day)
American Minute with Bill Federer

American history has many inspiring stories of notable Black American entrepreneurs, some of which are listed below.
PAUL CUFFEE (1759-1817) was a devout Quaker Christian. His father was a freed slave from Ghana and his mother was native American of the Wampanoag tribe. Having no formal education, he learned to read and write, and studied arithmetic and navigation…
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Successful Black Americans of Industry; Business; and Faith