heritage.site

Ashland

Ashland Ashland - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by enslaved African Americans, and enslaved people grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays. Read more on Wikipedia

Source: en.wikipedia.org