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For one Oregon slave, the Civil War didn’t end bondage

Published: June 23, 2020, 2 p.m.

Ame died in 1874, more than 10 years after President Abraham Lincoln set her free. So, why does her gravestone still identify 'Ame' as a slave? (Corvallis, Benton County; 1874) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1110c-civil-war-didnt-end-slavery-for-oregon-woman-named-ame.html)