by Gary Palgon (Author)
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.
Number of Pages: 98
Dimensions: 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: August 25, 2005