if any free persons of color shall emigrate to this Republic, it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or any one of the constables of the county to which such emigration shall be made, to arrest such free person of color, after giving him ten day's notice, and bring him before the Chief Justice of the county, or Judge of the district; and it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice, or Judge of the district, before whom such free person of color may be brought, to receive the bond of such free person of color in the sum of one thousand dollars, with the security of a citizen, to be approved by him, conditioned for the removal of such free person of color out of the limits of the Republic.
There's something they didn't teach us in that 7th grade Texas history class!
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It was illegal for african americans to move to Oregon until 1926, check out the "Oregon Black Exclusion Laws" for a crazy read
Indeed, Anon. Many liberal white folk don't realize the racism behind much of Oregon, up to today's Portland.
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