Sarah Rector, also known as Sarah Rector Campbell and Sarah Campbell Crawford, (March 3, 1902 – July 22, 1967) was an American oil magnate since childhood. Under the Treaty of 1866, due to birthright as a Black grandchild of Creek Indians …

Feb 1, 2020 · Born as the daughter of freedmen in 1902, Sarah Rector rose from humble beginnings to reportedly become the wealthiest black girl in the nation at the age of 11.

Mar 31, 2014 · Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl.” From that moment Rector’s life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal …

Jul 22, 2021 · In 1913, 11-year-old Sarah Rector became the richest Black girl in America, almost by accident. She had been born into poverty as a member of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma in 1902, and received, as did every member of the Nation, a plot of undesirable land in the territory when it was made a state in 1907.

Nov 20, 2019 · Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Taft, Oklahoma. She had a humble beginning, but later became the wealthiest Black girl in the country at the young age of 11. Her family where African American members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Indian Territory.

Jun 27, 2023 · In 1913 a young Oklahoma came to be known as “The Richest Black Girl in America” after oil was found on her land. How Curious explores Sarah Rector’s extraordinary life.

Sarah Rector, often celebrated as the "Richest Black Girl in America," is a remarkable figure whose story deserves wider recognition. Born in 1902 in a small African American community in Oklahoma, she transformed her life against the odds.

Sarah Rector, the daughter of Creek Indian freedmen, rose from humble beginnings in a wind-swept two-room cabin near the tiny town of Twine in Indian Territory to become the richest Black girl in America when she was 11 years old.

Jan 6, 2024 · 11-year-old Rector became incredibly wealthy when oil was discovered under her land. Rector's newfound wealth made her the target of marriage proposals and suspected schemes.

Jan 10, 2024 · Headlines called her “the world’s richest Negro girl,” with a 1914 Washington Post article describing Rector as “an orphan, crude, Black, and uneducated” now worth millions, according...