some of them set them free right away like nathaniel ford. paul the holes were in a family that had been with the fords in missouri. they were owned by other owners and ford brought them probably 1831, had several children, and in the record, slave record in missouri in the buying and trading. and three family children to settle from that. i brought out six slaves in the holmes family, robin and paul. six adult slave names. scott. so he made a deal, he came to oregon. and they came out in 1844, to develop this land all around here, growing wheat and cattle and all the things, corn and things farmers had in those days. by 1850, six years after they came out here, robin knew slavery was supposed to be illegal so he was agitating support for an abolitionist, and ford made another deal with him. and buying gold for me, those are much days and we come back and i will give you your freedom. made the same deal with scott. who was the sixth wave that came out, robin and scott went to california and mined gold and on the return trip scott unfortunately

some of them set them free right away and others, like nathaniel ford, kept husband for quite some time. polly holmes were a family that had been with the fords in missouri. ford bought them probablily about 1831 -- probably about 1831, and they had several children. and, you know, i went through -- had the researcher go through the records, slave records in missouri for me and the buying and trading. nathaniel ford was dealing slaves all the time, and he traded away three of the holmes' family chirp, you know, to settle some of his debts. and so he brought out six slaves, and they were five members of the holmes family, robin and polly and three of their children. and the sixth adult slave named scott. and so he made a deal you come to oregon, help me get my farm started, and i will give you your freedom. so they came out in 1844 and developed this land all around here growing wheat, and they had cattle and all the things that -- and corn and things that farmers in oregon had in those days. but 1850, six years after he'd come out here, robin knew that slavery was supposed to be illegal