James Harris (b.ca. 1700) emigrated from England to Essex County, New Jersey about 1725, and died just before the Revolutionary War. Descendants lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

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Narrates the story of the elite African American families who lived in New York City in the nineteenth century, describing their successes as businesspeople and professionals and the contributions they made to the culture of that time period.