Sanderson, Sarah L.
Summary: When Sanderson moved back to the outskirts of Portland, Oregon-- called the “Whitest city in America”-- she became curious about the colonization of the West, her ancestors, and the legal exile of Jacob Vanderpool, a Black man convicted and exiled under the Oregon Exclusion Law in 1851. She examined four city leaders involved in Vanderpool’s case: Oregon City’s founder, the case judge,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House 2023