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The History of California Slavery by Jean Pfaelzer

ILWU Local 34 Hall 801 2nd St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Slavery, observed Frederick Douglass, is a “hydra-headed monster.” In California this monster appeared and reappeared as if shape-shifting. The history of slavery in California unsettles the North/South view of American slave labor. This is a history of captivity, flight and resistance, of Indians held captive at the missions, Alaska natives brought to Fort Ross in […]

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