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Saules, James D. (1806?–1850s), African American sailor and musician  

Kenneth Coleman

Saules, James D. (1806?–1850s), African American sailor and musician, is best known for likely inspiring Oregon’s first black exclusion law. Saules, whose birthplace is unknown, worked as a whaler in the 1830s. Saules was no anomaly, as the maritime industry was the largest employer of free African American men in the antebellum United States. The ...