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Who was Henry Clay?
Born in 1777 in Hanover Country, Virginia, he was a former U.S. senator and representative for Kentucky. Selected by a Senate Committee in 1957 as one of the 5 greatest senators, Abraham Lincoln said he was "my ideal of a great man". Owner of a plantation, he freed his slaves by his will. He died in 1859 in Washington D.C.
Tags: Civil War, Henry Clay, Slavery
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay
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Author: CoboCards-User
Main topic: History, US
Topic: American Civil War
Published: 04.03.2015