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- GLC#
- GLC03725
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 19 May 1831
- Author/Creator
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Title
- to John Switzer
- Place Written
- Kentucky
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
Written from Ashland, Clay's estate, to Switzer at Union Bridge, Frederick County, Maryland. Replying to a request from Switzer, Senator Clay discusses his opinions on colonization and slavery. Refers Switzer to an address he gave to the Colonization Society of Kentucky in 1829. Argues for leaving the decision of emancipation up to individual states. Attests that slavery can only be justified in America by necessity, if at all, and that Congress has no power to establish a system of emancipation.
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