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Breaking chains [electronic resource] : slavery on trial in the Oregon Territory / R. Gregory Nokes

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Nokes, R. Gregory
Published
Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, c2013.
Physical Description
xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents
First slaves -- The good life in Missouri -- Lure of Oregon -- On the trail -- Freedom delayed -- Oregon's Dixie -- Land and more land -- The Applegate trail -- Oregon's "lash law?" -- The Cockstock affair -- Gold miners and slaves -- "My children held as slaves?" -- Holmes vs Ford, day-by-day -- Ford's secret strategy -- Enter Judge Williams -- Reuben Shipley -- They weren't alone -- An army slave -- The free state letter -- Let voters decide -- The great slavery non-debate -- Consecrate!!!--Oregon for whites -- Voters do decide -- A voice for equality -- Reuben and Mary Jane -- Who was Reuben Ficklin -- Mary Jane's final trial -- Slaveholders' last stand -- Moving on.
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ISBN
9780870717123 (pbk.)
087071712X (pbk.)
9780870717130 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index.
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