Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

LC control no.	n 86080261
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Clay, C. M. (Cassius Marcellus), 1810-1903
Biography/History note	Individual was an abolitionist.
Located	Kentucky
Birth date	1810-10-19
Death date	1903-07-22
Place of birth	White Hall (Ky.)
Place of death	White Hall (Ky.)
Field of activity	Antislavery movements
Affiliation	Yale University Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Politicians Diplomats
Found in	Siegel, C.L. White Hall, c1985: p. 12 (Cassius Marcellus Clay, 1810-1903) Ency. Americana, c1975 (Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903; American abolitionist and diplomat; b. 10/19/1810, Madison Co., Ky.; d. 8/21/03) Colliers' ency., 1972: v. 6, p. 607 (Clay, Cassius Marcellus) nuc89-81448: His Speech of C.M. Clay ... [MI] 1841 (hdg. on MH rept.: Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903; usage: C.M. Clay) Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, accessed May 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Clay, Cassius M.; Cassius Marcellus Clay; abolitionist, political figure, diplomat; born 19 October 1810 in White Hall, Kentucky, United States; enrolled at Yale University (1831); former slave owner; entered Kentucky politics in the late 1830s, championing economic diversification in Kentucky and the gradual abolition of slavery; established an antislavery newspaper in Lexington (1845); while he campaigned for a state constitutional convention, a proslavery mob attacked and nearly killed him (1849); tales of his bravado and physical courage made him a southern antislavery hero among northern abolitionists; was a valued antislavery speaker for the emerging Republican Party; willingness to use racism to advance the cause of antislavery in the 1830s and 1840s; died 22 July 1903 White Hall, Kentucky, United States)
Invalid LCCN	n 50041156