An incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled from Oregon under the Exclusion Law in 1851--and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism, faith, and privilege after discovering she\'s related to two men who contributed to the exile.
Brave, compassionate, and filled with transformative realizations, this stunning work of research and reflection is an exploration into the flawed but endlessly redeemable human heart, and an invitation to the holy work of self-examination to guide you to better understand, care for, and love the people and places you call home..
Along the way, Sarah took a hard look at her own tendencies, both unconscious and deliberate, to ignore the possibility of bias in her heart.
This discovery started an investigative journey to consider four men involved in Jacob\'s case--Oregon City\'s founder, the case judge, Jacob\'s accuser, and a local pastor--and the cultural and theological fallout of the decisions they made.
Sanderson made the shocking discovery that she was related to not just one but two of the White men who played a role in Jacob\'s exile.
More than a century and a half later, Sarah L.
To this day, he remains the only person in the United States to ever have been tried, convicted, and punished solely for the crime of being Black.
Jacob Vanderpool was exiled from the Oregon Territory under an exclusion law that banned people of African descent from living within its borders.
Summer 1851.
An incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled from Oregon under the Exclusion Law in 1851--and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism, faith, and privilege after discovering she\'s related to two men who contributed to the exile
