James duke
James was born near Durham, North
Carolina on December 23, 1856. His dad’s name has Washington Duke
and his mom's name was Artelia Roney Duke. James Duke received an
intermittent education in local academies. His primary education
was in family business. First he was a farmer, and then he was the manufacture
for tobacco products, and finally, the mass production and mass marketing
of cigarettes.
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