True American was an antislavery newspaper which was printed in 1845 in Fayette County, Kentucky by Cassius Marcellus Clay.[1] After the publishing of an incendiary anti-slavery editorial titled "What is Become of the Slaves in the United States?" in August 1845, a group of outraged citizens ran the newspaper out of Lexington, Kentucky with a court injunction.[2][3] Cassius continued to publish his paper through 1847 after moving his publishing company to Cincinnati, Ohio.[4][2]
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edit- ^ "Cassius Marcellus Clay". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ a b "The True American | Lexington Public Library". www.lexpublib.org.
- ^ Mandell, Tim (13 April 2011). "The True American". Richmond Register. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Cassius Marcellus Clay". biography.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.