Posted by:
elderolddog
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Date: July 15, 2020 08:29PM
What a nice guy!
From the Wikipedia entry:
"While in the Legislature, and later as Provisional Supreme Judge, Burnett signed Oregon's first exclusion laws. Under an 1844 law passed by the provisional government—just after the same government abolished slavery—slave holders could keep their slaves for up to three years, after which all black people, free or slave, had to leave Oregon Country or face flogging."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hardeman_Burnettand
"In 1851, federal commissioners negotiated treaties with Native tribes in California, which were then blocked by ... governor (Burnett) for being too generous in reserving land for the tribes. Instead, the greed for gold wealth led to a second option, which he called a 'war of extermination.' He declared that warfare would not cease with Native Americans 'until the Indian race becomes extinct.'"
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Isn't that fascinating?