Slavery came west: Forgotten pioneer pushed American apartheid
Immaculate conception — a political version of it — is how modern West Coast residents envision slavery’s role in the earliest foundations of California, Oregon and Washington.
Articles by: R. Gregory Nokes
The Applegate drowning
Those of you who have read my new book, “The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett,” will recall the chapter describing the drowning of two young boys of the Applegate family in the Columbia River in 1843.
Powell’s City of Books hosts R. Gregory Nokes
Yep, that’s me. Name in lights. Nice turnout, too, of 40-plus for my presentation at Powell’s City of Books on my new book, “The Troubled Life of Peter...
Greg Nokes interviewed on AM NORTHWEST
He was an Oregon pioneer and first governor of California, but he was also a former slaveholder who could never seem to get beyond his single-minded goal of banning blacks and other minorities from the West. R. Gregory Nokes, author of the new book The Troubled Life...