The photograph in the social media posts is not a real image of nancy green who was the face of the brand aunt jemima but rather a self portrait photograph staged and taken in 2008 by an artist. The photograph doing rounds on social. Also aunt jemima did not become a millionaire for portraying the fictional character.
No the recent photo showing a lady chained to a table is miscaptioned as the woman holding the pancakes is not nancy green nor any woman who played her in an official capacity. Was aunt jemima leg chained to a table. R t davis milling company hired nancy green to portray the mammy character for aunt jemima.
Nancy green millionaire net worth nancy green aunt jemima net worth green was born as a slave on november 17 1834 near mount sterling in montgomery county kentucky. She died in 1923 at the age of 89. The original model for the pancake mix trademark nancy green who first promoted the aunt jemima brand in the 1890s and who was in fact born into slavery never posed in chains.
She was born a slave in 1834 montgomery county ky and became a wealthy superstar in the advertising world as its first living trademark. The world knew her as aunt jemima but her given name was nancy green and she was a true american success story. Former slave nancy green the first aunt jemima model died as one of america s first black millionaires by tom kertscher june 22 2020 aunt jemima in chains is modern art not.
This photograph does not show nancy green nor any other actor during an official promotion for the aunt. This photograph shows an artist s interpretation of the fictional aunt jemima character.
