Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform Section - Lincoln's Assassination the city was a vital

the city was a vital engine that powered Union efforts

Fred Grant at Vicksburg is one of the greatest yet least-known adventure stories of the age

Release date: July 2019

each section features a short introductory essay to put it in context

Throughout his life Lincoln worked to develop the humorist’s craft and hone the art of storytelling

Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform Section - Lincoln's Assassination the city was a vitalby Anne E. Marshall The nineteenth century Kentucky antislavery reformer Cassius Marcellus Clay is generally remembered as a knife wielding rabble rouser who both inspired and enraged his contemporaries. Clay brawled with opponents while stumping for state constitutional changes to curtail the slave trade. He famously deployed cannons to protect the office of the antislavery newspaper he founded in Lexington. Despite attempts on his life, he helped