Colonization Society

ID: 498
This file appears in: Ashland

Pictured here is the title page for a pamphlet of a speech Henry Clay gave for the American Colonization Society, which he helped establish in 1816-17. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Ashland

By Tim Talbottt
Historical Marker #1 in Lexington notes the location of "Ashland," the home and estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Ashland was Clay’s pride and joy. At this grand estate the "Great…