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NAME: Cassius Marcellus Clay
OCCUPATION: Activist, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: October 19, 1810
DEATH DATE: July 22, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kentucky
PLACE OF DEATH: Whitehall, Kentucky

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born in Kentucky to a slave-holding family, but became a major figure in the abolitionist movement.

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on October 19, 1810, in Kentucky. His father was a slave-owner, but Clay became influenced by abolitionists in college. In 1835, he joined the Kentucky legislature and was defeated in 1840 due to his slavery views. He published the anti-slavery journal True American. He continued to participate in politics, but shortly before his death in 1903, he was judged mentally insane.

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