Sarah rector

On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: "Oil made pickaninny rich - Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many

After oil was discovered under her land, Sarah Rector received marriage proposals for her wealth.

Little Sarah Rector, a former slave, became one of the richest little girls in America in 1914. Rector had been born among the Creek Indians, as a descendant of slaves. As a result of an earlier land treaty from the government. Back in 1887, the government awarded the Creek minors children 160 acres of land, which passed to Rector after her ...

A home in the 2000 block of East 12th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, is in the middle of what used to be the heart of Black Kansas City. Gene Willis with United Inner-City Services gave 41 Action News Anchor Kevin Holmes a tour of the worn-down home and discussed its history.

It’s a big deal to be a Black woman and a millionaire. It was an even bigger deal to earn the distinction in 1912 when Rector, who was born into the Creek Indian Nation, received a land allotment from the U.S. government. Turns out that piece of property was rich with crude oil, making Rector an instant millionaire when she was still just a child and a local celebrity in her Kansas City, Miss., community. Aside from being the object of many a suitor’s attention and a flashy media personality…

Sarah Rector was born into a humble family in 1902 but received a fortune at a young age. Life was finally smiling on Sarah and her family, yet...

When Rector struck oil on land she was allotted, she became the richest Black girl in the country.

SARAH RECTOR MANSION 12th & Euclid

Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 27, 2021. It has since been updated. Sarah Rector was born in 1902 near the all-black town of Taft. Her parents, mother Rose McQueen, and father, Joseph Rector, were descendants of Africans enslaved by the Muscogee Creek Nation Creek Indians before the Civil War. Rector's parents and their descendants were listed as "freedmen," a term used to refer to formerly enslaved individuals who have since been freed from slavery, usually…

The Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association was founded with a dual mission to organize mutual aid for its members and to pass federal pension legislation that would compensate every formerly enslaved person.