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On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 07:56:54 -0800, Siri Cruise says...
(California joined as a free state a decade earlier. So slavery in
California itself wasn't an issue.
Ahhh... knocking 10 years off of a ~100, totally excuses California of having slaves?
Whatever the fuck you're smoking today, needs to be outlawed.
Spanish missionaries (1769-1820)
Mexico and Alta California history (1821-1846)
Early California and Gold Rush (1847-1855)
Don't pretend for a second, that just because it wasn't always called "slavery", that it wasn't.
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History Of Slavery In California - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_California
1 Spanish missionaries (1769-1820) 2 Mexico and Alta California history (1821- 1846) 3 Early California and Gold Rush (1847-1855) Toggle Early California and Gold Rush (1847-1855) subsection
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The Little-Known Story Of How Slavery Infiltrated California And The ...
https://theconversation.com/the-little-known-story-of-how-slavery-infiltrated- california-and-the-american-west-165705
Perhaps as many as 1,500 enslaved African Americans were forcibly transported to California between 1849 and 1861. Hundreds arrived before the state's constitutional ban on slavery went into...
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It Happened Here: A History Of Slavery In California
https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/it-happened-here-a-history-of-slavery-in- california/article_41b0e874-39a1-506 - D-a894-2ca27c282afe.html
Feb 4, 2021 This Black miner, pictured in 1852 at the Auburn Ravine, was likely enslaved. (Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library.) By Benjamin Schneider In the 1850s, Los Angeles was a dusty outpost in the sparsely settled southern half of the young state of California.
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California Once Tried To Ban Black People | HISTORY
https://www.history.com/news/california-once-tried-to-ban-black-people
Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images The United States Senate discussing the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber. As California drew up its state constitution, it faced these...
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Understanding California Slavery: Historical Insights
https://learncalifornia.org/california-slavery/
However, as I delved deeper into the history books, I uncovered a lesser-known truth: slavery existed in California during the 1850s, despite the state entering the Union as a "free state." Enslaved Black individuals were brought here to work in the gold mines, and slaveholders were allowed to temporarily bring slaves into the state.
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California Celebrates Its History As A 'Free State.' But There Was ...
https://www.kqed.org/news/11905371/california-celebrates-its-history-as-a-free- state-but-there-was-slavery-here
When California became a state in 1850, it did not allow slavery. That's the history most people know. But in reality, California did allow slavery, and its early leaders sided with the South and the rights of enslavers through a litany of early laws. The effects of that racist foundation are still being felt by people of color in California Today - .
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California Is Finally Confronting Its History Of Slavery. Here's How.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/24/california-is-finally- confronting-its-history-slavery-heres-how/
May 24, 2021 - Kevin Waite May 24, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Poet Amanda Gorman recites a piece at Biddy Mason Memorial Park on Aug. 18, 2018, at a gathering to mark the 200 - Th birthday of Biddy Mason, a key figure in...
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Uncovering California's Overlooked Slave Past - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4251957
California's first constitution, adopted in 1849, dictated that: "Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State." A year...
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Slavery In A Free State: The Case Of California - JSTOR Daily
https://daily.jstor.org/slavery-in-a-free-state-the-case-of-california/
But the state's demographics were changing rapidly. The fugitive slave law was not renewed in 1855. The last major court challenge to California slavery was in 1858, when a man named Archy Lee finally won legal freedom. After the decision, proslavery assemblymen attempted to restrict African American migration and residence in the state.
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