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  2. History of slavery in California - Wikipedia

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    In 1849, a white man lost a case against a black man who was accused of both being a slave and being in debt to the accuser. At the time, California was not under U.S. rule, and Mexican law, which prohibited slavery, was used in the case. This resulted in the legal precedent of the official non-acknowledgement of slavery in California.

  3. Human trafficking in California - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking in California is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the state of California. Human trafficking, widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery, includes

  4. Slave states and free states - Wikipedia

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    As part of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state without a slave state being admitted; California's admission also meant there would be no slave state on the Pacific coast. To avoid creating a free state majority in the Senate, California agreed to send one pro-slavery and one anti-slavery senator to Congress. [12]

  5. Prop. 6 supporters ask voters to end slavery in California ...

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    For the record: 12:39 p.m. Nov. 1, 2024: An earlier version of this article stated there were nearly 60,000 prisoners with jobs in California, based on incorrect data provided by prison officials ...

  6. Editorial: California voters rejected an anti-slavery measure ...

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    In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers still have options.

  7. Is California giving reparations for slavery? Here's what you ...

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    Racial hierarchy continued to take root in California when slavery was abolished federally by the 13th Amendment in 1865. The task force's findings detail the lasting consequences of segregation ...

  8. Why the California Legislature just failed to vote against a ...

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    The legacy of slavery and forced labor runs deep in the history of California, which is one of nine states that permit involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment.

  9. California Statehood Act - Wikipedia

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    Despite outlawing slavery and applying to the Union as a free state, California had elected one anti-slavery and one pro-slavery senator, John C. Frémont and William Gwin, respectively. [16] In a 1949 address, CA state senator Herbert Jones suggests this was done as a compromise to make the state's admission more palatable to the South, [ 17 ...