Clement Claiborne Clay

Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Claiborne Clay (December 13, 1816 – January 3, 1882), also known as C. C. Clay Jr., was a United States senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a Confederate States senator from Alabama from 1862 to 1864. His portrait appeared on the Confederate one-dollar note (4th issue and later). He was a member of the Democratic Party.

He and his father, who was a governor of Alabama and also a U.S. senator, were among the state's most prominent enslavers, according to the ''Washington Post''. Together the two men enslaved 87 people on four Alabama plantations as recorded in the 1860 census. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1819-1882
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    Speech of Mr. Clement C. Clay, Jr., of Alabama, on the contest in Kansas and the plan and purpose of black Republicanism : delivered in the Senate of the United State on Monday, 21st April, 1856
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    Author: Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1819-1882
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    Speech of Hon. C.C. Clay, jr., of Alabama, on the contest in Kansas, and the plans and purposes of black Republicanism

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