Further, Rozier alleged that Hill had stolen his gold watch and thirteen ... to prove he was a free man and a judge ruled in Rozier's favor. White southerners brought black slaves into the ...

M. Brent, pastor, Santa Cruz Missionary Baptist church. London Nelson, a Black man who was trafficked to the California Gold Rush as a slave, purchased his freedom, and settled in Santa Cruz.

Dakota' Fred Hurt/ Facebook Discovery TV star and Gold Rush favorite Dakota Fred Hurt has died. He was 80. News of Hurt's death was announced by his family in a statement posted to his Facebook ...

Madley's research estimates roughly 9,000 to 16,000 people suffered violent deaths at the hands of militiamen, vigilantes, US army soldiers and more during the gold rush years. "The men who ...

individual miners found their dreams of cashing in on the gold rush growing more elusive. Many men went to work for the larger mining companies that invested in technology and equipment to reach ...

It read "Gold, Gold, Gold - A Ton of Gold." Few prospectors made it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush. By the time most ... They are human beings, but never did men look so small." ...