William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer

By Gary Palgon

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1411646258
• ISBN13: 9781411646254
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"