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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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William Ellis is born on the U.S.-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery and inhabits a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passes as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border.
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  • Based on book which was published in June 2016 by W. W. Norton & Company. True story.

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Sat., Aug. 31, 2019

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