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sep 24, 1869 - Black Friday (Sept 1869)

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Millionaire partners “Jubilee Jim” Fisk and Jay Gould; Plotted in 1869 to corner gold market, would work only if fed treasury didn’t sell gold; Fisk & Gould would drive up price of gold to profit from value; On “Black Friday” (Sept 24 1869) bubble broke when Treasury released gold → price of gold dropped → honest businessppl suffered

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sep 24, 1869
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~ 156 years ago