Letitia Carson was born enslaved, but died in Oregon a free woman. “In 1854, she brought an unprecedented lawsuit against a white man over the illegal sale of her property and won,” said Oregon Black Pioneers Executive Director Zachary Stocks. “In 1869, she became the first Black woman in the nation to receive a federal Homestead Act patent. Through Letitia’s story, one can trace the challenges and opportunities that Oregon offered for Black Americans of the pioneer era.”…