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BLACK H IS T O R Y
E xclusion L a w M a d e Freed
Blacks Subject To A rre s t
An A ct in regard to Slavery and Free Negroes and M ulattoes.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Com m ittee o f Oregon as follows:
Section 1. That slavery and involuntary servitude shall be for ever
prohibited in Oregon.
Section 2. That in all cases where slaves shall have been, or shall
hereafter be, brought into Oregon, the owners o f such slaves respectively
shall have the term o f three years from the introduction o f such slaves to
remove them out o f the country
Section 3. That i f such owners o f slaves shall neglect or refuse to
remove such slaves from the country within the time specified in the
preceding section, such slaves shall be free.
Section 4. That when any free negro or mulatto shall have come to
Oregon, he or she (as the case may be), if o f the age o f eighteen or upward,
shall remove from and leave the country w ithin the term o f two y ears lor
males and three years for females from the passage o f this act; and that it
any free negro or mulatto shall hereafter come to Oregon, i f o f the age
aforesaid, he or she shall quit and leave the country w ithin the term ot two
years for males and three years for females from his or her arrival in the
country.
Section 5. That i f such free negro or mulatto be under the age
aforesaid, the terms o f time specified in the preceding section shall begin
to run when he or she shall arrive at such age.
Section 6. That i f any such free negro or mulatto shall fail to quit the
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country as required by this act, he or she may be arrested upon a warrant
issued by some justice of the peace, and, i f guilty upon trial before such
REQUIRED
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justice, shall receive upon his or her bare back not less than twenty nor
more than thirty-nine stripes, to be inflicted by the constable o f the proper
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county.
Section 7. That i f any free negro or mulatto shall fail to quit the
country' w ithin the term o f six months after receiving such stripes, he or she
shall again receive the same punishment once in every six months until he
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or she shall quit the country.
Section 8. That when any slave shall obtain his or her freedom, the
time specified in the fourth section shall begin to run from the time when
Segregated America. The map shows the variations in state law
before the Supreme Court decision banning segregation in 1954.
such freedom shall be obtained.
Passed by the Legislative Committee
o f the provisional government o f Oregon, June 26, 1844.
Apartheid In America. The map shows the variations in state law before the Supreme Court decision banning segregation in 1954.
Peace Corps Reaches Out During Black History M onth
Special Events and Visits to
Historically Black Colleges
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ing the contributions African-Am er
icans have made to America's histo
ry - and the crucial role they can play
in championing empowerment and
advancement in developing nations -
- Peace Corps has launched a special
Black History Month initiative to
recruit Volunteers from historically
black colleges and u niversities
throughout the country .
Peace Corps has taken the theme
o f Black History Month one step
fu rth e r. "R e fle c tio n s on 1895:
Douglass, Du Bois, Washington."
honors three African Americans who
fought for the causes o f freedom and
justice. But Peace Corps knows that
today's African-Americans are still
needed to fight for freedom and ju s
tice, not only in this country, but
throughout the world. "Enrichment
Through International Experience"
is the message Peace Corps Deputy
D irector Charles Baquet w ill carry
during his Black History Month trav
els.
In February, he w ill be visiting
students and faculty at Lincoln U ni
versity in Jefferson City', Missouri;
North Carolina A & T in Greensboro;
and Xavier University in New O r
leans. In addition, he w ill spearhead
m inority recruitment drives in St.
Louis, Baltimore, Florida and Texas.
M r. Baquet, most recently the U.S.
Ambassador to the African nation o f
D jibouti and a formerConsu! Gener
al in South Africa, served as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Somalia in the
1960s.
“ I know from my own experi
ence as an African-Am erican that
leaving America and livin g in a de
veloping country as a young man was
an important step in my own educa
tion." he says. "One o f the things I
want to do as Deputy Director is to
focus on minority recruitment be
cause Peace Corps should show the
world the many faces o f America,
and I know that in the minority com
munities we have people with the
special skills needed for overseas
Brown college.
More than 5,000 African-Am er
icans have served as peace CORPS
Volunteers since President Kennedy
created the agency in 1961. Right
now, almost 200 work in Africa, Latin
American, Asia and the Pacific, and
Europe and the former Soviet Union
in projects from business to educa
tion and the environment. Last year.
Black Collegian magazine has listed
Peace Corps as the number two em
ployer o f college graduates.
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the Oregon and Washington branch
es o f the N AA C P at an innovative
networking and training session Fri
day through Sunday atthe Iravelodge
Hotel, 1441 N E Second Ave
The keynote speaker during a
noon luncheon Saturday w ill be Stale
Rep Margaret Carter. D-Portland
Conference agenda items in
clude "K now Your Rights, a pre
sentation from the Oregon Bureau o f
Labor and Industry, state o f Wash-
ington C iv il Rights Division. U.S.
Dept. o f l.abor. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, and the
National Labor Relations Board
Other topics include: "Tenant
landlord law ." w ith presentations
from the Housing and Urban Devel
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and Washington
"C D C 'sandtheN AA C P - What
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are they affecting the African Amer
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"F air Share" - Economic devel
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