Ashland The Henry Clay Estate

Author and historian H.W. Brands has tackled subjects from just about every era of our nation’s history. Chances are you've seen him in a variety of programs on the History channel, C-Span and other platforms. This Thursday June 6, Brands will be in Lexington at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate for a ticketed event co-sponsored by Kentucky Book Festival, Kentucky Humanities and the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation. H.W. will be talking about his book, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American politics. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently spoke with Brands for a preview.

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate has recently been a haven for public art and on Thursday the historic Lexington site had the opportunity to christen a sculpture, created by Kentucky artist Doue Blumberg, commemorating the 1869 completion of the Transcontinental Railroad that will make its way to its permanent home in Utah. WUKY's Alan Lytle has the story.

Recently, the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation has prioritized telling a more inclusive and complete story of African Americans who lived and worked at Ashland the Henry Clay Estate. An event this Saturday builds on that effort. Black History at Ashland will feature a number of prominent local and national voices, artists and experts. This week WUKY's Alan Lytle spoke with Shea Brown, long-time Fayette County Deputy Clerk whose office has been working on a project to make available online, some 60,000 pages of Fayette County’s historical property records containing information about enslaved people from the late 1700s through 1865; some of whom lived and worked at Ashland. Brown has a high profile role in Saturday's Black History at Ashland event.

For several decades the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation has been working to tell a more inclusive story surrounding the famously powerful politician who ran for President 3 times unsuccessfully in the 1800’s. A recent part of that mission is to detail the over 120 enslaved African Americans who lived and worked on his estate. On Monday the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Special Collections Department returned an important photo image to Ashland – a rare stereograph copy of Clay’s one-time coach driver and personal valet, Aaron Dupuy. Alan Lytle was there for the official transfer.

For years, people from all over the world have been coming to Ashland the Henry Clay Estate to learn more about the 19th century politician known to…

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, is in the process of creating an African American History tour to shed light on the stories of slaves that lived there.…

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate is in the process of creating an African American History tour set to launch in the fall of 2019. While staff’s research…

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