Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Laws of the Territory of Oregon
Author: OregonLaws of the Territory of Oregon ..
Author: OregonBreaking Chains
Author: R. Gregory NokesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870717123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"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, Nokes offers an intimate account of the relationship between a slave and his master from the slave's point of view. He also explores the experiences of other slaves in early Oregon, examining attitudes toward race and revealing contradictions in the state's history. Oregon was the only free state admitted to the union with a voter-approved constitutional clause banning African Americans and, despite the prohibition against slavery, many in Oregon tolerated it, and supported politicians who were pro-slavery, including Oregon's first territorial governor"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Laws of the Territory of Oregon Enacted During the Ninth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly, Begun December 7, 1857, Concluded February 5, 1858
Author: Oregon TerritoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Laws of Washington Territory
Author: Washington (State)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Native America, Discovered and Conquered
Author: Robert J. MillerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313071845
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Europeans and Americans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they discovered. In the United States, the British colonists who had recently become Americans were competing with the English, French, and Spanish for control of lands west of the Mississippi. Who would be the discoverers of the Indians and their lands, the United States or the European countries? We know the answer, of course, but in this book, Miller explains for the first time exactly how the United States achieved victory, not only on the ground, but also in the developing legal thought of the day. The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage—a land route across the continent—in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and animal life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. This fascinating book lays out how that ethnographic research became the legal basis for Indian removal practices implemented decades later, explaining how the Doctrine of Discovery became part of American law, as it still is today.
Brown's Political History of Oregon ...
Author: James Henry BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest boundary of the United States
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
House Joint Resolutions
Author: Ohio. General Assembly. House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Senate and House Journals
Author: Kansas. Legislature. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description