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Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of EthiopiaIn 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...
A small-time trader and local Republican politician no longer, he was now a colonizer with grand ambitions—for himself, for the Black South and for Mexico. First, Ellis needed backers.
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