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In the News How the Founder of California's First Black Church Fought Its Last Known Slavery Case (audio) Asal Ehsanipour, May 16, KQED Many people may believe that California’s admission to the union as a free state in 1850 meant slavery did not exist, or that California was a safe haven for African Americans and other people of color. However, pro-slavery attitudes — and even slavery itself — remained rampant well after 1850. Here is the story of California’s last known slave case, the state’s first Black church and how they converge with the unknown history of a free laundryman named Daniel Blue. continue The West is relevant to our long history of anti-blackness, not just the South Walter Johnson, May 17, 2020, The Washington Post Two hundred years ago, Northern and Southern politicians came together to sign the Missouri Compromise. The bill, which admitted Missouri to the union as a slave state, Maine as a “free” state, and drew a line to the Pacific at 36 degrees