Then Olga went and sent the Drevilians another message, 'hey bring out the booze i'm coming to mourn my husband's death in your city'. She set the bathhouse on fire when they were in it. She said, 'hey, it was a long journey, why not come relax in this bathhouse' and they did. Then she had another party of men sent to talk about the marriage, and they came. She had them dropped in a pit and buried them alive. This lady lost her husband and when it was proposed she marry his murderer, she was like 'sure, send a delegation over so we can talk this out' and they came. Dude led an extremely interesting life and is, in my opinion, one of the most important unknown and undiscussed figures in American history. He donated 10 acres of the land to form Berea College, the first integrated coeducational college in the South. And his house has (it’s still standing) an extremely early form of indoor plumbing and central heating that was revolutionary for the time. He was also appointed minister to Russia and was present for the Tsar’s emancipation of the Serfs. Following Clay's return to Washington, DC, Lincoln issued the proclamation in late 1862, to take effect in January 1863.” Lincoln sent Clay to Kentucky to assess the mood for emancipation there and in the other border states. He was instrumental in the institution of the emancipation proclamation: “Recalled to the United States in 1862 to accept a commission from Lincoln as a major general with the Union Army, Clay publicly refused to accept it unless Lincoln would agree to emancipate slaves under Confederate control. In the ensuing fight, Clay fought off all six and, using his Bowie knife, Cyrus Turner.” While making a speech for abolition in 1849, Clay was attacked by the six Turner brothers, who beat, stabbed and tried to shoot him. He opposed the annexation of Texas and expansion of slavery into the Southwest. “Clay served in the Mexican–American War as a captain with the 1st Kentucky Cavalry from 1846 to 1847. Brilliant farm just south of Elkhorn Creek, where the event was hosted. Despite being shot in the chest, Clay drew his Bowie knife, tackled Brown, cut out his eyes, and finally threw him over an embankment.” This “embankment” was actually the top of the Russell Cave (for which Russell Cave Rd is named after), trivia for any of you native Lexingtonians. Sam Brown's bullet struck the scabbard, and embedded itself in the silver. The scabbard of Clay's Bowie knife was tipped with silver, and in jerking the Bowie knife out in retaliation pulled this scabbard up so that it was just over his heart. “During a political debate in 1843, he survived an assassination attempt by Sam Brown, a hired gun. Within a month he received death threats, had to arm himself, and regularly barricaded the armored doors of his newspaper office for protection, besides setting up two four-pounder cannons inside.” “In 1845, Clay began publishing an anti-slavery newspaper, True American, in Lexington, Kentucky. He installed a cannon to protect his home and office.”
Due to threats on his life, he had become accustomed to carrying two pistols and a knife for protection. “Clay had a reputation as a rebel and a fighter.
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If you want the full story, check out the dollop episode in the comments. What is written below isn’t even 10% of the absolute badassery this man accomplished in his life. It’s no wonder Muhammad Ali was named after him.
He was the OG progressive and did not take s**t from anyone. He was an abolitionist politician and certified badass from Kentucky who freed all of his slaves upon inheriting his father’s plantation, letting them stay and paying them a fair wage.
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