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A Brief History of the California Gold Rush
The Kelsey brothers built fences around the Pomo and Wapo villages on their land. By day, they worked them in slave-like conditions. Workers were paid only with meager rations and items like handkerchiefs. Rule-breakers were whipped, beaten, and tortured. When malaria broke out among the workers, Benjamin Kelsey fled the gold fields.
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