William Leidesdorff - Wikipedia
William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. (1810 – May 18, 1848) was an Afro-Caribbean settler in California and one of the founders of the city that became San Francisco. A highly successful, enterprising businessman, he is thought to have been the …
The incredible story of William Leidesdorff, San Francisco’s Black ...
Dec 8, 2021 · William Alexander Leidesdorff was a ship captain and a merchant. An entrepreneur and a public servant. A patriotic American and a Mexican citizen. A Black man and a Jew. He is also widely...
William Alexander Leidesdorff - Biography
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF by Sue Bailey Thurman. WITH THE NAME OF William Alexander Leidesdorff, we begin the documentary history of pioneers of Negro origin in California. No nationality or racial minority migrating to the state could wish to …
William Alexander Leidesdorff (1810-1848) - Blackpast
Jan 26, 2007 · Although little remembered today, Leidesdorff was a social, economic, and political force in pre-gold rush San Francisco, California with a number of “firsts” credited to his name. When he was named the U.S. Vice Consul to Mexico in 1845, he became the nation’s first African American diplomat.
The story of William Leidesdorff, 'African founding father of ...
Jun 23, 2022 · William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. was a man of wealth and power, and the first African diplomat in history.
San Francisco’s Overlooked Pioneer: William Alexander Leidesdorff ...
Although little known today, the name of William Alexander Leidesdorff is enshrined on streets in San Francisco and a town along the American River. He was also one of California’s pioneers of African descent and instrumental in bringing about the American annexation of California.
This Man Was the Real Founder of San Francisco. Why Doesn ... - HistoryNet
Nov 3, 2022 · A stretch of U.S. 50 bordering the site of his former 35,000-acre ranch is named the William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. Memorial Highway.
William Alexander Leidesdorff - The Historical Marker Database
Apr 8, 2014 · Between his arrival in the sleepy trading post of Yerba Buena in 1841 and his untimely death seven years later, William Alexander Leidesdorff – the son of a Danish Jewish sugar planter and a black plantation worker in St. Croix – cemented his legacy as one of San Francisco’s most remarkable founding fathers.
CSUEB lecture on America's first Black millionaire, May 17
May 10, 2011 · "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," wrote author Gary Palgon in his book, William Alexander Leidesdorff: First Black Millionaire, American Consul …
William Leidesdorff, Explorer, and Businessman born
Leidesdorff Street in the city by the Bay was named for William Leidsdorff, the first Black citizen of San Francisco. William Alexander Leidsdorff died in 1848. To become a computer support specialist.