True American

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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↑ "Cassius Marcellus Clay". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
1 2 "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.

[1] "Cassius Marcellus Clay". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[lex-2] 1 2 "The True American | Lexington Public Library". www.lexpublib.org.

[3] Mandell, Tim (13 April 2011). "The True American". Richmond Register. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[4] "Cassius Marcellus Clay". biography.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

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