ORU_B122.xml Guide to the Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool Case Documents August 1851 Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool Case Documents Finding aid prepared by Linda Long University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2010
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Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool Case Documents United States. District Court (Oregon) B 122 0.1 linear feet 1 container 1 folder August 1851 Jacob Vanderpool was an African American owner of a saloon, restaurant, and boarding house living in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon at a time when the Oregon Territory government enforced an exclusion law it had passed in 1844 that prevented blacks from living in the territory. In 1851, Vanderpool's neighbor brought suit against him, and Judge Thomas Nelson expelled him from the territory. This small collection consists of photostat copies of case documents. Collection is located with other small manuscripts collections. English .

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 Magruder, Theophilus Nelson, Thomas Vanderpool, Jacob Oregon Territory--Politics and government Oregon Territory--Race relations African Americans--Oregon Territory Race discrimination--Oregon Territory Legislation--Oregon Territory African Americans Pioneers Oregon

Jacob Vanderpool was an African American owner of a saloon, restaurant, and boarding house living in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon at a time when the Oregon Territoral government enforced an exclusion law (that had been passed by the Oregon Territorial government in 1844), preventing blacks from living in Oregon. In 1851, Vanderpool's neighbor, Theophilus Magruder, brought suit against him, and Judge Thomas Nelson expelled him from the territory.

Sources: Salem Online History website, "African Americans in Salem," http://www.salemhistory.net/people/african_americans.htm, January 11, 2010

McLagan, Elizabeth. A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940. Portland, Oregon: Georgian Press, 1980

The collection consists of nine photostat negative copies of legal case documents relating to Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool.

 Guide to the Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool Case Documents

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