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Creator/Title
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Handbill, ca. 1844. 1 p.
Call No.
Mss. C C
Content
Apparently distributed during the 1844 presidential election by the Liberty Party, this handbill castigates Whig Party candidate Henry Clay for his position on slavery and his participation in three duels. The tract contends that Clay, in a speech to the American Colonization Society, stated that he was "utterly opposed to all emancipation of the slaves, either immediate or gradual, without their removal" to another land.