Traces Slavery at Ashland

Beautifully filmed and edited presentation of Traces: Slavery at Ashland tour with Ashley Smith of Black Soil doing the honors. The in-person Traces tour that Ashland offers daily runs 55 minutes but this 16-minute synopsis carries all the weight, meaning, and "you were there" visuals. -Virginia Graves Creative Films.
This project was made possible by generous support from Toyota Manufacturing of Kentucky. Additional support provided by Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the CARES Act of 2020. Special thanks to Brenna Pye, Cameron Walpole, Eric Brooks, Ashley Smith, and James M. Clark for their insight, support, and expertise.
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[@princetoni09]

I found out while doing my family tree Henry clay was my 5th great grandfather. He father a child with a enslaved women

[@Mimi_Riko]

Im gonna burn down your history

[@BeverlyMassey-r5j]

I was made aware today,(1-2024) that my Great, Great Grandparents on my mother's side of the family were both enslaved on Henry Clay's Plantation. I plan to visit these grounds in their honor.

[@BeverlyMassey-r5j]

I was made aware today (1-2024) that my Great, Great Grandparents were enslaved on the Henry Clay Plantation. I plan to visit those grounds in their honor.

[@barbarabutterfield2679]

Henry Dupuy was Mary Anne’s son, and little is known about him other than that Henry Clay sold Henry Dupuy in July of 1848, at the age of 15. In the deed of sale for Henry Dupuy he is identified as “mulatto” (mixed race), and though Henry’s father is unknown, his mother was Black, which means Henry’s father would have been either mixed race or white. Though the circumstances around Henry’s sale are unknown, he was sold to a man in Louisville, and Henry Clay made a condition of Henry Dupuy’s sale that he was to be free at the age of 28.

[@barbarabutterfield2679]

Mary Anne was the daughter of Aaron and Charlotte Dupuy,

[@EdwardArmstrong-y3f]

Since 1619 Great video.!!! Stay strong and vote 🗳️ blue.!!! Rest in Power Ancestors

[@henriomoeje8741]

Like Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay nursed antislavery sentiments but was deeply entrenched in the peculiar institution.