Breaking Chains : Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory /

This book tells the story of the only slavery case ever adjudicated in Oregon courts - Holmes v. Ford. Drawing on the court record of this landmark case, the author offers an intimate account of the relationship between a slave and his master from the slave's point of view. He also explores the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nokes, R. Gregory
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Slaveholders > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slaveholders > Legal status, laws, etc. > Oregon.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Oregon.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Oregon.
Oregon.
Oregon > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Oregon > Social conditions > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First slaves
  • The good life in Missouri
  • The 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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