Cockstock Incident

It's Thursday, POU Fam! This week's theme highlights the history of African-Americans in Oregon. Today I will give background on the Cockstock Incident. The Cockstock Incident was a major factor in the passage of an 1844 exclusion law against free black men living within the U.S. Territory of Oregon. It centered on a fight between a Wasco Native American man, … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American History of Oregon