Traces' Tour focuses on the lives of enslaved people who ran Henry

In the heart of Lexington, Ashland, Henry Clay’s home, offers a different perspective of the statesman’s life. The “Traces” Tour looks beyond the farmer and the politician, and into the lives of the enslaved people who ran his estate.
One of the tours offered puts a spotlight on the people who kept the estate running.

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Traces' Tour focuses on the lives of enslaved people who ran Henry Clay Estate

Afro Atlantic Histories: Teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Its Legacies