Believed to be the first person of African descent born in the territory that would become Minnesota, George Bonga was a larger-than-life history maker. Educated in Montreal, Canada, George returned to the Leach Lake area of Minnesota to follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps as a fur trader.
But his life took many twists and turns along the way.
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