Articles by: R. Gregory Nokes
The Oregonian: New historic plaque honors legacy of formerly enslaved couple who helped found Benton County
By Peter Sleeth and R. Gregory Nokes | For The Oregonian/OregonLive A tribute to Reuben Shipley, who was brought across the Oregon Trail as an enslaved man in 1853, but wound up a well-to-do farmer and founding citizen of Benton County, will be unveiled this weekend...
New book tells the stories of 3 Oregonians considered iconoclasts in their times
By Amy Wang, The Oregonian/Oregon Live — Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. Abigail Scott Duniway was a leading voice in advocating for women’s rights, particularly at the ballot box....
News-Register: Applegate left imprint on Oregon’s history
Elected to Oregon’s pre-statehood provisional government in 1845, Jesse Applegate helped write some of Oregon’s first laws. But it was the issue of slavery where he made perhaps his biggest contribution to shaping the future Oregon.
