"Black bourgeoisie" . . "Black elite" . "Black British elite" . . "prominent families of free blacks" . "Black elite#United Kingdom" . "men and families who were ambitious and hardworking" . . "prominent leaders in the black community" . "wealthy black" . . . "Black elite#United States" . . "status as free, property-owning black people" . "black elite" . "Black elite" . "the upper echelons of Negro society" . .