|
|
 |
William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer
William Alexander Leidesdorff is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the pioneering of the West and the creation of the State of California. Born out of wedlock in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1810 to a Jewish Danish sugar planter and a black plantation worker, he went on to become the first Black millionaire when gold was found on his property shortly before he died in 1848.
Print: $18.95
Download: $12.50
|
|
|
 |
William Alexander Leidesdorff: First Black Millionaire
William Alexander Leidesdorff is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the pioneering of the West and the creation of the State of California. Born out of wedlock in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1810 to a Jewish Danish sugar planter and a black plantation worker, he went on to become the first Black millionaire when gold was found on his property shortly before he died in 1848.
Hardcover Print: $29.43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
![[]](http://static.lulu.com/images/persuasion/footer/line.gif?20081001144434)
