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April 9, 1851
Richmond Daily Times
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Col. C. M. Clay delivered a speech at the Frankfort Court House on Friday evening, similar to 1849 emancipation speeches but denouncing the new Constitution as a slaveholder plot and the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional.
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COL. C. M. CLAY.-This gentleman made a speech at our Court House on Friday evening last. We did not hear it, but understand that it was of the same general tenor as many of the emancipation speeches that were made throughout various parts of the State in 1849. It had, however, the new features of a denunciation of the new Constitution as the work of slaveholders to perpetuate their ascendancy over the non slaveholders, and a denunciation of the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional.-Frankfort Com.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
C M Clay Speech
Emancipation
New Constitution
Fugitive Slave Law
Frankfort
What entities or persons were involved?
Col. C. M. Clay
Where did it happen?
Frankfort
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Frankfort
Event Date
Friday Evening Last
Key Persons
Col. C. M. Clay
Event Details
Col. C. M. Clay made a speech at the Court House similar in tenor to 1849 emancipation speeches, featuring denunciations of the new Constitution as the work of slaveholders to perpetuate ascendancy over non-slaveholders and of the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional.