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CROSSCUT: Yes, there were black slaves in the Pacific Northwest.
Historians are making our region confront it An Oregon author is exploring little-known chapters of the region’s ugly, racist roots. By Knute Berger, Crosscut In August, The New York Times Magazine published a special edition devoted to the centrality of African... » Read More
Selling well . . .
Seen today in Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Ore. » Read More
Disabuse Podcast – Episode 15: Slavery in Oregon with Greg Nokes
Slavery and Oregon are not often talked about in the same sentence, nor even the same conversation. Yet, journalist and historian Greg Nokes uncovered this little known history of slaves in Oregon in his book, Breaking Chains. He discusses his work HERE. » Read More
Gavin Newsom calls out California’s racist first governor. Who was Peter Hardeman Burnett?
By R. Gregory Nokes, Special to CALmatters In his apology for California’s genocidal treatment of Native Americans, Gov. Gavin Newsom focused attention on the state’s nearly forgotten first elected governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and his declaration in 1851 that... » Read More
Just released: Slavery’s Descendants
R. Gregory Nokes contributed a chapter to the just-published Slavery’s Descendants, a compilation of stories about slavery. He wrote about Reuben Shipley, a slave brought to Oregon from Missouri by one of his ancestors. Race remains a potent and divisive force... » Read More
CROSSCUT: Yes, there were black slaves in the Pacific Northwest.
Historians are making our region confront it An Oregon author is exploring little-known chapters of the region’s ugly, racist roots. By Knute Berger, Crosscut In August, The New York Times Magazine published a special edition devoted to the centrality of African... » Read More
Selling well . . .
Seen today in Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Ore. » Read More
Disabuse Podcast – Episode 15: Slavery in Oregon with Greg Nokes
Slavery and Oregon are not often talked about in the same sentence, nor even the same conversation. Yet, journalist and historian Greg Nokes uncovered this little known history of slaves in Oregon in his book, Breaking Chains. He discusses his work HERE. » Read More
Gavin Newsom calls out California’s racist first governor. Who was Peter Hardeman Burnett?
By R. Gregory Nokes, Special to CALmatters In his apology for California’s genocidal treatment of Native Americans, Gov. Gavin Newsom focused attention on the state’s nearly forgotten first elected governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and his declaration in 1851 that... » Read More