Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform 5x7 Front of tee: small left

Front of tee: small left chest logo

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is Jeff Shaara at his best

By: Rick Reeves

The fort’s guns helped defend the city during the war’s longest siege

Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform 5x7 Front of tee: small leftby 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