Barney Lancelot Ford was born into slavery in Virginia but escaped and went on to become a successful entrepreneur, abolitionist, and civil rights activist in Colorado. He made his fortune in real estate, hospitality, and gold mining. Ford used his wealth to support education and the fight for African American suffrage and civil rights. He is remembered as one of the most influential Black pioneers of the American West.
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