EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 10 MIN
For one Oregon slave, the Civil War didn’t end bondage
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
Ame died in 1874, more than 10 years after President Abraham Lincoln set her free. So, why does her gravestone still identify her as a slave? We'll probably never know. (Corvallis, Benton County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1110c-civil-war-didnt-end-slavery-for-oregon-woman-named-ame.html)
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