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William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. (1810 – May 18, 1848) was an African-American 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 first black millionaire in the United States.
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.
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 have a more distinguished antecedent.
Jun 23, 2022 · (Justin Ray / Los Angeles Times) William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. was born in 1810 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to Danish sugar planter William Leidesdorff and Anna Marie Sparks, an...
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...
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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.
Jan 22, 2019 · William Alexander Leidesdorff, founder of San Francisco. Image by Wikimedia Commons. As a youth, Leidesdorff moved to New Orleans, where his foster uncle trained him to work as a cotton...
