This short 20 min. interview below shares a glimpse into how California was intertwined with slavery. After Mexican territory gets carved into states, we now have a further complicated & tragic system of post Mexican War people remaining in California, along with Chinese immigrants & others from all over the world who pour into this state because of the Gold Rush. Post Civil War, this historian shares some details about how slavery and California was connected. These questions below hit some of the main points:

What was California’s role as a slave state ?

How did some slaves revolt ?

What were Colored Conventions ?

How did the end of the Civil War affect California ?

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