Name: Cassius Marcellus Clay
Brand: Undeniably American
Price: 92.1 PLN
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) – The Firebrand Abolitionist

"I am the avenger of the helpless."

Cassius Marcellus Clay was a fearless, battle-hardened abolitionist from Kentucky—a slaveholder’s son who turned against the system and dedicated his life to destroying slavery from within the South. He published the anti-slavery newspaper The True American in Lexington, arming his printing press with cannons to defend it from violent mobs.

A skilled duelist and warrior, Clay survived countless assassination attempts, fighting off attackers with his Bowie knife. He was stabbed, shot at, and ambushed, yet never backed down. His unapologetic defiance made him a political outcast in Kentucky, but Lincoln recognized his value—appointing him Minister to Russia, where he helped secure Union alliances during the Civil War.

Clay freed his own slaves, fought for Black military service, and was instrumental in passing the 13th Amendment, forever abolishing slavery. A true Southern radical, his legacy is an undeniably American one of unrelenting rebellion against injustice.

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