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Liberal elite, [1] also referred to as the metropolitan elite or progressive elite, [2] [3] [4] is a term used to describe politically liberal people whose education has traditionally opened the doors to affluence, wealth and power and who form a managerial elite.
Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on October 19, 1810, in Madison County, Kentucky, to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slave owners in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born.
Section 25 of the Kentucky Constitution reads: “Slavery and involuntary servitude in this state are forbidden, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”
Archibald Dixon (April 2, 1802 – April 23, 1876) was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. He represented the Whig Party in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly, and was elected the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1844, serving under Governor William Owsley.
In researching the genealogies of America’s political elite, a Reuters examination found that a fifth of the nation’s congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors are ...
James Gillespie Birney (February 4, 1792 – November 18, 1857) [2] was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney born in Danville, Kentucky.He changed from being a planter and slave owner to abolitionism, publishing the abolitionist weekly The Philanthropist.
Lewis Hayden was born into slavery in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1811, as one of a family of 25. [1] [nb 1] His mother was of mixed race, including African, European, and Native American ancestry; slavery of Native Americans had been prohibited since the 18th century.
Hodges legalized same sex-marriage nationwide, holding that marriage was a fundamental right of all Americans. [66] In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the wording of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from discrimination. [67] Polls show an overwhelming majority of Americans now support gay and lesbian rights. [68]