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Early Oregon settlers enacted the Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850, which allowed settlers to claim land but included provisions that effectively limited the presence of slavery. They established a series of laws, including a prohibition on slavery in the Oregon Territory, which was formalized in the Oregon Constitution of 1857. These laws reflected the settlers' desire to create a free state and attract more settlers from the North, aligning with the broader sectional tensions of the era.

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