by R. Gregory Nokes | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog
The cover is approved for the new Rutgers U. book on “Slavery’s Descendants.” Book itself will be out in May. My contribution is an article on the experiences of a slave named Reuben Shipley who was brought to Oregon from Missouri by one of my ancestors in 1853.
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by R. Gregory Nokes | Oct 15, 2018 | Blog
The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California. By R. Gregory Nokes (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2018). xii + 270 pp. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $19.95, paper. Peter Burnett’s life followed an... » Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Sep 1, 2018 | Blog
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.
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by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
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.
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by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 24, 2018 | Blog
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... » Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog
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... » Read More
