James P. Beckworth a blackman who made a difference A famous trapper of Colorado's early days, James Pierson Beckworth was born in 1798 to a slave mother and Irish American plantation owner in Virginia. He grew up ...

James P. Beckworth a blackman who made a difference A famous trapper of Colorado's early days, James Pierson Beckworth was born in 1798 to a slave mother and Irish American plantation owner in Virginia. He grew up ...