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Dangerous subjects : James D. Saules and the rise of black exclusion in Oregon

Title
Dangerous subjects : James D. Saules and the rise of black exclusion in Oregon / Kenneth Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Kenneth R.
Publication
  • Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Oregon State University. Press, issuing body.
Description
x, 202 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Dangerous Subjects describes the life and times of James D. Saules, a black sailor who was shipwrecked off the coast of Oregon and settled there in 1841. Before landing in Oregon, Saules traveled the world as a whaleman in the South Pacific and later as a crew member of the United States Exploring Expedition. Saules resided in the Pacific Northwest for just two years before a major wave of Anglo-American immigrants arrived in covered wagons. In Oregon, Saules encountered a multiethnic population already transformed by colonialism--in particular, the fur industry and Protestant missionaries. Once the Oregon Trail emigrants began arriving in large numbers, in 1843, Saules had to adapt to a new reality in which Anglo-American settlers persistently sought to marginalize and exclude black residents from the region. Unlike Saules, who adapted and thrived in Oregon's multiethnic milieu, the settler colonists sought to remake Oregon as a white man's country. They used race as shorthand to determine which previous inhabitants would be included and which would be excluded. Saules inspired and later had to contend with a web of black exclusion laws designed to deny black people citizenship, mobility, and land. In Dangerous Subjects, Kenneth Coleman sheds light on a neglected chapter in Oregon's history. His book will be welcomed by scholars in the fields of western history and ethnic studies, as well as general readers interested in early Oregon and its history of racial exclusion."--
Alternative Title
James D. Saules and the rise of black exclusion in Oregon
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- James D. Saules and the black maritime world -- The United States Exploring Expedition and American imperialism in the Age of Sail -- The settler invasion -- The Cockstock affair, the Saules-Pickett dispute and the banishment of Saules -- Saules in exile, the Oregon question, and the return of black exclusion -- Conclusion.
Call Number
Sc E 18-2
ISBN
  • 9780870719042
  • 0870719041
LCCN
2017024582
OCLC
983824368
Author
Coleman, Kenneth R., author.
Title
Dangerous subjects : James D. Saules and the rise of black exclusion in Oregon / Kenneth Coleman.
Publisher
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index.
Added Author
Oregon State University. Press, issuing body.
Research Call Number
Sc E 18-2
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