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Sarah Rector

1902–1967

United States

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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 her birthright as a Black Creek Indians born before the American Civil War, she received an allotment. It was discovered to be oil-rich and produced over US$300 (equivalent to $10,400 in 2025) per day, so she was known as the "Richest Colored Girl in the World".

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