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:''This article is about the 19th-century abolitionist and politician. For the boxer born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., see Muhammad Ali. For the boxer's father, see Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.'' Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903), nicknamed The Lion of White Hall, was a Kentucky planter and politician who worked for abolition of slavery. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as the American minister to Russia during the American Civil War, and is credited with gaining Russian support for the Union. ==Early life, education and marriage== Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician, and his wife Sally Lewis. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizabeth Lewis Clay (1798-1887) married John Speed Smith, who also became a state and US politician.〔("KOAR's Russian Connection" ), Kentucky Online Arts Resource Blog, 15 October 2012〕 Their son, Green Clay Smith, became a state politician and was elected to Congress. The younger Clay attended Transylvania University and then graduated from Yale College in 1832. While at Yale, he heard abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison speak, and his lecture inspired Clay to join the anti-slavery movement. Garrison's arguments were to him "as water is to a thirsty wayfarer."〔Brennan 20〕 Clay was politically pragmatic, supporting gradual legal change rather than calling for immediate abolition, as did Garrison and his supporters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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