Jacob Vanderpool
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Jacob Vanderpool
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Jacob Vanderpool was an African-American who is the only known person to be expelled from Oregon under their exclusion laws. Vanderpool, a sailor from the West Indies, came to Oregon in 1850 on board a ship called the Louisiana. Vanderpool came to Oregon to launch a career in business. After being denied a land claim because he was black, Vanderpool opened a saloon, restaurant and boarding home in Oregon City. However, the book Peculiar Paradise states that his businesses were located in Salem,
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