What is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
{{Infobox person | name = Cornelius Vanderbilt | image = Cornelius Vanderbilt Daguerrotype2.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | birth_date = May 27, 1794 | birth_place = [[Staten Island]], [[New York City]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1877|1|4|1794|5|27}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Railroad/Water transport businessman, philanthropist | children = {{plain list| * Phebe Jane Vanderbilt * Ethelinda Vanderbilt * Eliza Vanderbilt * [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] * Emily Almira Vanderbilt * Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt * Maria Louisa Vanderbilt * Frances Lavinia Vanderbilt * Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt * George W. Vanderbilt * Mary Alicia Vanderbilt * Catherine Juliette Vanderbilt * George Washington Vanderbilt }} |spouse = {{plainlist | * Sophia Johnson<br>(m. 1813—1868; her death) * [[Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt|Frank Armstrong Crawford]]<br>(m. 1869—1877; his death) }} | parents = {{plainlist | * Cornelius van Derbilt * Phebe Hand }} | signature = Cornelius Vanderbilt Signature.svg | relations = {{plain list| *[[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]] (grandson) *[[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt]] (granddaughter) *[[William Kissam Vanderbilt]] (grandson) *[[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt]] (granddaughter) *[[Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly|Florence Adele Vanderbilt]] (granddaughter) *[[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] (grandson) *[[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt]] (granddaughter) *[[George Washington Vanderbilt II]] (grandson) }} }} '''Cornelius Vanderbilt''' (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877)<ref>{{cite news |title=Commodore Vanderbilt's Life |author= |url=https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E01E2D7133AE63BBC4D53DFB766838C669FDE |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 5, 1877}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] businessman, philanthropist, and [[Slavery|slave owner]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-08-22|title=9 White Celebs, World Leaders Whose Families Owned Slaves|url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2013/08/