Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory by R. Gregory Nokes

Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory

R. Gregory Nokes

224 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
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When they were brought to Oregon in 1844, Missouri slaves Robin and Polly Holmes and their children were promised freedom in exchange for helping develop their owner's Willamette Valley farm. However, Nathaniel Ford, an influential settler and leg...

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