Mary Ellen Pleasant, passed as a white lady living in San Francisco, CA. She was extremely wealthy and known to be an entrepreneur. Although she was saying and passed as white, those who knew her, knew she was a black woman, and they referred to her as the “Black City Hall.” She was known for helping those who were in need. When slavery was abolished, she began to mark her race as Black via the U.S. Census. It was also notated, that she was a “capitalist by profession.” Once news got out about Mary, the newspapers started calling her Mammy, and she died being called the Voodoo Queen. People felt like everything about her was a mystery. Rumor has it, that she was a Madam, it was said that she had her hands in a little bit of everything from stealing babies, to selling them on the Black market. They said, she blackmailed government officials, placed spells on folks, and possibly was responsible for quite a few murders. However, no one really knew, if those things being said were actuall