Peter Burnett's Lashing Law

In 1848, the Oregon territorial government passed a law that banned any, quote, Negro or Mulatto from living in Oregon. In 1850, the Oregon Land Donation Act gave whites and half-breed Indians 650 acres of land from the government. All other people of color were banned from receiving land grants. So Oregon was founded as a whites-only state. It was seen as this is going to be just white people in this chunk.