Blacks in Gold Rush California by Rudolph M. Lapp

Blacks in Gold Rush California

Lamar Series in Western History

Rudolph M. Lapp

336 pages first pub 1995 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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By 1860, twelve years after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, more than five thousand American blacks had made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. The part that they played in this epic adventure has been too long ign...

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