The Greater Compromiser,” Henry Clay was born in Virginia but built a large political legacy in Kentucky. The Herald-Leader’s ...

Like the seasons, political parties come and go. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress as a Whig. By 1854 that party had ceased to exist.

For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, is hosting tours to give visitors ... In the woman's skirt are images that deal with slavery and Ashland from him. Horses and the individuals.

(Former Secretary of State Henry Clay was the first ... Stevens’ corner of southeastern Pennsylvania was a crucible of pro-slavery and antislavery forces. The Maryland- Pennsylvania border ...

Less than two years after changing the name of Columbus military base Fort Benning to Fort Moore, the U.S. military will hold ...

In 1860 it ranked only by behind Savannah’s Chatham County with the highest number of slave owners in the state ... On the red clay soil, they harvested strawberries in April, raspberries ...

In December 1816, a group including Francis Scott Key, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay convened to form the ... would gain economic and social clout if slavery were abolished.