Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory

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Breaking Chains Breaking Chains SLAVERY ON TRIAL IN THE OREGON TERRITORY R. GREGORY NOKES Oregon State University Press Corvallis The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources and the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nokes, R. Gregory. Breaking chains : slavery on trial in the Oregon Territory / R. Gregory Nokes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87071-712-3 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-87071-713-0 (e-book) 1. Slavery--Law and legislation--Oregon. 2. Slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.-Oregon . 3. Slaveholders--Legal status, laws, etc.--Oregon. 4. Oregon--Social conditions--19th century. I. Title. KFO2801.6.S55N65 2013 342.79508’7--dc23 2012044623© 2013 R. Gregory Nokes All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by Oregon State University Press Printed in the United States of America Oregon State University Press 121 The Valley Library Corvallis OR 97331-4501 541-737-3166 • fax 541-737-3170 www.osupress.oregonstate.edu To my late grandparents, Minnie and Will Junkin of Tigard, Oregon, whose mention of a slave in a family genealogy brought me to this story. Reuben Shipley, a negro boy, residing a few miles south of here on Marys river, died on Wednesday. (Benton Democrat, Corvallis, Oregon; July 26, 1872) ...