Breaking chains : slavery on trial in the Oregon Territory /
This book tells the story of the only slavery case ever adjudicated in Oregon courts - Holmes v. Ford. Drawing on the court record of this landmark case, the author offers an intimate account of the relationship between a slave and his master from the slave's point of view. He also explores the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Corvallis, OR :
Oregon State University Press,
2013
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0870717138 9780870717130 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book tells the story of the only slavery case ever adjudicated in Oregon courts - Holmes v. Ford. Drawing on the court record of this landmark case, the author offers an intimate account of the relationship between a slave and his master from the slave's point of view. He also explores the experiences of other slaves in early Oregon, examining attitudes toward race and revealing contradictions in the state's history. Oregon was the only free state admitted to the union with a voter-approved constitutional clause banning African Americans and, despite the prohibition against slavery, many in Oregon tolerated it, and supported politicians who were pro-slavery, including Oregon's first territorial governor. -- Summary from book cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |