1867–1919
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Mary Thompson
Biography
United States
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Mary E. Thompson (died 1892) was one of the richest early African Americans in Seattle, Washington. She owned the Minnehaha Saloon, located at 319 Jackson street, which had a brothel upstairs. Thompson is reported to have died in Oakland, California.
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