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Place Oregon Territory Clear place All places
1844
1844
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Oregon's Black Exclusion Laws

Oregon's territorial and early state laws banned Black settlement, making it the only free state with constitutional exclusion language and shaping a lasting demographic and political legacy.

Oregon Territory, OR
African American Jim Crow
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Oregon's territorial and early state laws banned Black settlement, making it the only free state with constitutional exclusion language and shaping a lasting demographic and political legacy.