November 21: Portland, OR - Book Talk: Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory #MCLE

R. Gregory Nokes

Please join us for a book talk about the powerful story of Missouri slaves Robin and Polly Holmes, and their children, who were brought to Oregon by their owner over the Oregon Trail in 1844, expecting to soon be freed in a region closed to slavery. But slaveholder Nathaniel Ford, destined to become an influential Oregon legislator, ignored the law and keeps them in bondage. Author R. Gregory Nokes will discuss the landmark 1853 case Holmes vs. Ford, which re-affirmed the banning of slavery in the Oregon Territory.
Title:
Book Talk: Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory
When/Where:
Thursday, November 21, 2013
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Smith Freed & Eberhard P.C.
111 SW Fifth Avenue Ground Floor Boardroom Conference Room
Portland, OR
RSVP here
Speaker:
R. Gregory Nokes, Author, Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory.
By:
The Oregon Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society
Credit:
1.5 hours of CLE Credits pending.
Cost:
Free
More:
http://www.acslaw.org/OregonBreakingChains