EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 8 MIN
Civil War plotters hoped to get West Coast to secede
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
Dreamed up by supporters of the old south, the plan envisioned an independent “Pacific Republic” as a slave state — to be stocked with slaves by a sort of bait-and-switch swindle. But the supporters misjudged public opinion badly. (Salem, Marion County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503d.pacific-republic-scheme-331.html)
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